I was driving home from my afternoon walk at Upolu, when I saw this mushroom by the side of the road. It was hard to miss, though I apparently managed that on my way down. I had to stop and spend a little time on hands and knees, getting photos.
While I was doing that, the rusty little wheels in my head started grinding and it occurred to me that the mushroom must be around seven inches in diameter. So I got my tape measure from the car, and it turned out to be exactly that.
It’s a Green-spored Parasol Mushroom (Chlorophyllum molybdites), and goes by several other names including Vomiter! Wikipedia calls it ‘the most commonly misidentified poisonous mushroom in North America,’ because its similar to some edible mushrooms.
Even the rusty little wheels knew chopping it into my next scramble wasn’t a great idea.
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Graham's Island 
You know you’ve been in the States for too long when you’re using inches! No? Nevertheless, impressive: both the estimate and the size!
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When I left England, there were still things that weren’t metric. It wasn’t until after I left that they tidied up the loose ends!
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What great photos Graham. That is some size.
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I guess they can grow to a foot across so this is a medium one. I was impressed though
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I get giant ones here. Now I want to see if I have a photo and see what they are called here.
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Wow!
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Now, why you didn’t go with Vomiter as your header is beyond me.
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You’re so right. I’m kicking myself – hard!
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I was thinking well it must be because he took it this month, never even occurred to me it might be the diameter. What you do in the name of science and squares!
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It’s kind of a disease. I was taking photos this morning and counting everything in sight!
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sorry!!!
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