Santa Cruz Fungus Fair: Mushroom fun:
Glistening with an olive-gold allure, the Amanita phalloides has a disturbing appeal when viewed close up. Not isolated under glass or plastic - so close you could put your nose right on it accidentally, the death cap, as it is more commonly known, nestles innocently enough in its basket, surrounded by baskets of other poisonous cousins - none of them quite as alluring as this most deadly of toadstools.
But that whiff of danger is just one of the things that makes a visit to the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair - now in its 36th year - not only educational but also entertaining.
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