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Originally Posted by prophecy toxic mushrooms are known to not be a good thing.just off subject,but at least on topic,of toxic plants,my moms dog runs had some goofy vining plant with purple flowers that produced green berries,turns red at maturity.the berries were aprox the size of a pea. they smelled like old vomit.dad jokingly called them ''dingleberries''(they are not tho,thats something else entirely.lol)rascal (collie) ate them,once,and seizured. i have no idea what they were, but made the dog very ill for at least a week.we then weeded them out and kept a look for them,so no one else ate them. does anyone know what they are. we are in central pa,in a valley area,with alot of leaf-baring/conifer mix forest.kinda look like they may be in the tomatoe family????
as for fungi/mushrooms,we get one that looks like a soccer ball. its mostly white-cream coloured,about grapefriut sized or a tad larger,looks like a ball,(round with no real stem)and turns to dust when kicked.no clue what it is or if toxic,but i steer clear with pets.we get a few of the toxic ones here also.we also had some lichen that is not good.it wont kill dog but your dog will most definatly puke. |
I'm in Michigan and the vine you describe is nightshade. That stuff is a PITA to get rid of. Our neighbor has it rife within her yew bushes which are pushed right up against our chain link fence and I war w/it every year, particularly now since we have Nina(aka the goat).
If you can catch it before it turns to berries that is best. I've found that when the soil is dry straight vinegar is capable of frying it.
There are articles about nightshade having 100% germination from seed, and some frozen samples from decades past still have high germination rates!
I had to put weed block under a pine to keep from spending my whole life pulling that *hit up.
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