Deadly Confusion: The Death Cap [Mushroom Art Collab]

[@NucularLemon]

If i had to collect Mushrooms myself i would proparly die because i am clueless... so staying away from that 😲ButThe Painting is very nice good to see the process from start to finish

[@LanaGoesArt]

Thank you! I'm glad you're not looking for them too! ❤

[@daenafae]

Thank you for hosting and joining in for the collab! I loved seeing each layer develop on these. Fungi have such beauty, ability to help and feed, but also harm. They truly encapsulate all the attributes of nature itself.

[@LanaGoesArt]

Thank you. I agree! Mushrooms are delicious, but can be so very dangerous too.

[@Dan.B.Artist]

Was so fun to watch you paint. Mushrooms are so fascinating. I love the German word for it, it sounds so cute.

[@LanaGoesArt]

Thank you so much! They indeed are and I can't wait to paint more next year.

[@Finkeldinken]

Beautiful painting! We lost a whole family of asylum seekers to this a few years ago. For a myriad of reasons and communication issues, it took too long for the hospital to diagnose the source of their ailment, and they just kept dying and dying it was absolutely heartbreaking to listen to the news. This family had been through so much and had just had a really nice day foraging for mushrooms and cooking them for a meal, and then the last nightmare came for them. I am still shaken every time I think about it. I stopped picking the odd button cap mushroom and popping it in my mouth then, because I am only like 98% sure I identified it correctly. Thank you for spreading awareness and for painting the lovely painting for us, Lana.

[@LanaGoesArt]

Oh wow, that is super tragic! I worked with refugees for many years and I can't imagine how tragic it was for everyone around. Especially as it's true and communication can be difficult. I also believe, that it's not simple for the people themselves to figure it out. Because the problems occur delayed and they maybe themselves did not connect it to the mushrooms. I've read that the early stages can also look like champignons and there are white variations. It's so simple to confuse them with edible ones! Won't ever go foraging. Thanks for the story! Super interesting to read that.

[@KRCanetti]

Such a beautiful painting... As a small child I went mushroom picking with my father who knew the eadibles, but I wouldn't know the one from the other (except for the obvious.). It's just too dangerous... My father learnt from his father. But they learnt in times when food was scarcer (late 19th, beginning & mid 20th ct - wartime) and foraging in nature was a common way to spice up the daily diet. Different times. Although, not so different anymore for some amongst us...

[@LanaGoesArt]

I agree! My mother and aunt know the mushrooms too, but my mother hasn't collected any in many years. As a kid we would go into the woods too to collect, but I'm nowhere confident to collect anything. I'm much better at growing what I know and would love to have a garden, where I can do that properly. :) So it's definitely safe.

[@LOCKEYJ]

Awesome

[@LanaGoesArt]

Thanks!

[@arcuda2001]

beautiful work, lana.. i loved watching as it developed.. no mushrooms foraging for me 😮😮lol thx for the video !! Norakag , here . 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫

[@LanaGoesArt]

Thank you so much! Yeah, I wouldn't want to risk it either! But I'm not sure if they grow in the US too. They're known in Europe... probably many died from them over the centuries.