Jack-o-Lantern Mushroom

It’s the first listener suggestion! Thanks to Ryan for today’s topic: Jack-o-Lantern Mushrooms. And my regards to your step-dad. I hope he learned from his mycological mistake.

Jack-o-Lantern Identification: https://youtu.be/gwjabCshMI4?si=EsJaSrsjhcgByyfs

Music by James Milor from Pixabay

Information provided by:

1. https://foragerchef.com/know-thy-enemies-jack-olantern-mushrooms/


2. https://www.first-nature.com/fungi/omphalotus-illudens.php


3. https://defector.com/an-ode-to-the-jack-o-lantern-mushroom-a-poisonous-friend


4. https://grocycle.com/jack-o-lantern-mushroom/


5. “Irofulven – Halloween Trick or a Beacon of Light” by Elinoar Shavit in Medicinal Mushrooms, Vol 1(1), Spring 2008


6. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalotus_olearius