toadstool

Ya, it's poisonous, but it's cute.
Amanita muscaria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

[Maggiemae]

Somehow it looks poisonous - that vibrant red colour and the bits and bobs on it!

[Robert Barr]

I've always thought it was a shame these aren't edible, it would really look great in food.

[*lynn]

I have never seen a real one like this ... so pretty!

[Krista Marson]

@sarasotab omg, how great that would look!

[Krista Marson]

@lynnz I had to drive about 4 hours to the forest where they grow. I live in the desert, these shrooms live in pine forests.

[Debbie]

I can imagine the Fairies dancinf around this

[Karly]

It's beautiful. Good to know that "beauty is as beauty does."

[Laura]

Very cute.

[Dawn]

A lovely shot detail and colour

[Issi Bannerman]

Lovely!

[Domenico Dodaro]

Sadly, most cute things turn out poisonous. Or immoral. Or illegal... ;-)

[Wim Enserink]

This is the prototype of a mushroom. Ask Dutch children to draw one and they will draw a fly amanitus. There is even a children's song about a gnome and a mushroom "red with white dots". Almost every child knows it.

[Krista Marson]

@wenser They're pretty classic. For me, when I see these mushrooms, my mind goes straight to the 1960's psychedelic poster art.
https://www.pinterest.com/explore/trippy-mushrooms/

[Wim Enserink]

@blueberry1222 We have paddoshops, 'paddo' being an abbreviation for paddenstoel, the Dutch word for toadstool. You can compare them to the Dutch coffeshops where buying coffee is not the main goal.

[Krista Marson]

@wenser Took me a second to let it sink in what you were referring to, but then I said, "Amsterdam" to myself and I went "A-ha!"

[Pyrrhula]

Great shot of this nice toadstool. Time for those is comming .

[Yao RL]

Super red and super poisonous, I guess.