<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria"><em>Amanita muscaria</em></a>, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture, especially children’s books – it’s constantly appearing in my daughter’s. I always associate this mushroom with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurf">Smurfs</a>. This is odd, of course, because it’s hallucinogenic – perhaps that explains the Smurfs.</p>