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Monday, September 23, 2024

Amanita muscaria

 

“Amanita muscaria”
Copyright 2024 Susan Brubaker Knapp
19.5” square

Cotton fabric, ink, cotton thread, cotton batting, interfacing. Raw-edge appliqué, free-motion machine threadsketched and quilted.

This mushroom is commonly known as  fly agaric or fly amanita. It is usually red and white, but subspecies or variations are sometimes yellow or white. It has hallucinogenic properties, but is poisonous (although death from poisoning is rare).

This is the mushroom made famous in the Mario and Smurfs franchises!

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