My gut tells me Nate Silver is paid by right wing billionaire Peter Thiel.

Wait did I say gut? I meant to say ‘google.’

The *awesome* (in all senses!) Parasol Macrolepiota procera. People who “don’t like mushrooms” will often enjoy this specimen due to the extraordinary light texture and subtle flavour. ID features to look out for include the sheer size of the cap and a pretty snakeskin pattern on stipe.

To be fair she does look like a chicken.

Petiole (side stems) of cow parsley and hemlock. Check out the almost triangular cow parsley compared to the circular hemlock. The stem of both are circular, but hemlock has blotches of purple and cow parsley a rather pleasing purple “misty shimmer”.