I saw mushrooms covered in leaves. I knelt and carefully removed some leaves. I discovered underneath the distinct impression of a leaf on the cap of a mushroom.
In the work of medieval Flemish painters, toadstools were often associated with Hell. Victorian illustrators in England took a more benign view and developed a popular style that linked fairies and toadstools.
Quotation from The Fungus Among Us (VirtualMuseum.ca)
She began gathering some of the fungi in her apron. I called to her, “Come back! Come back to me! They are poisonous, putrid. They are toadstools.” She only laughed more, and her merry laughter will forever ring in my ears. That evening, she seasoned the soup with fungi…
Quotation from George W. Hudler, Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds
