Poems from Under a Toadstool by Alicia Bayer

In some places the words mushroom or toadstool can also refer to where a particular fungi grows. So it shouldn’t just be taken as a rule that all fungi described as mushrooms are edible, and all fungi described as toadstools are inedible. While the word mushroom is used to describe tasty and edible mushrooms.ĭifferent language is used to refer to different types of mushrooms around the world. Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Central America and Caribbean, Chad, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Middle East, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Cuba, Reunion, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South America, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.In common speech, people tend to use the word toadstool to refer to fungi that are toxic, poisonous, or simply inedible.

Poems from Under a Toadstool by Alicia Bayer