Category Archives: Pop Culture

Smurfs

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Speaking of Smurfs, I don’t think I’ve covered them here yet, which is a big oversight on my part, as A. muscaria‘s place in Smurf iconography is almost as strong as in Mario Brothers. See for yourself:

Posted in Pop Culture, TV/Movies | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Red carpet

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Or rather, make that a green carpet with some awfully familiar red and white mushrooms… from the BET Awards (but I have no idea why).

Posted in Pop Culture | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Oddly gruesome

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

Even if you don’t speak Dutch, you can get the gist here. But why??

Posted in Pop Culture | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Why they are poisonous

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

The German reads: “Why are fly agarics poisonous?”

Posted in Pop Culture | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Wizardland

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

And speaking of video games, this was recently sent to me by Dee, who says: It’s the splash screen of a game in which the storyline has you going into the fairy realm(!) to rescue it from the machinations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Pop Culture | Tagged | Leave a comment

Mario Mushroom

Posted on December 27, 2010 by

Almost too obvious, but one of the most ubiquitous examples: the Super Mario Brothers mushroom: Which has spawned all sorts of interesting related material, such as: Candy! Crochet patterns: Israeli graffiti: A great Demotivational poster: And a totally obvious entry … Continue reading →

Posted in Pop Culture | Tagged | Leave a comment

LOLmushrooms

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

From icanhascheezburger.com: And my own creation, for a giveaway contest Catherynne Valente is having on her blog: (original painting “Hansel and Gretel” by Carol Lawson)

Posted in Art, Photography, Pop Culture | Tagged , , | Leave a comment