The New York Times dazzled by the photos of a Hungarian mushroom hunter
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The illustrious New York Times recently published an article all about the fly agaric, the mushroom of fairy tales. They came across the photos of mushroom hunters on Facebook, and they were especially intrigued by the images of Csaba Reisz, who captured a mushroom as big as a child.
The fly agaric can be found in the mossy forests of North America and Europe. When they first emerge from the soil, they look like white eggs. What’s so unique about them is that they can grow quite big (up to a foot tall). They are characterised by a red cap with warts on the top, which make its appearance quite fairytale-like.
It seems like they’ve been quite popular among mycologists recently as more and more photos and videos can be found on Facebook. The New York Times especially liked the images of Csaba Reisz, a fertilizer salesman and soil nutrition consultant in southern Hungary.
