wiki-illiam #107: q6

[dubdobdee]

What :

i: is a deadly oxymoron?
Probably DESTROYING ANGEL (amanita virosa) (AMME and his mum)

ii: has insecticide properties?
FLY AGARIC (amanita muscaria) (AT)

iii: could be a cheap form of confectionery?
PENNY BUN (boletus edulis) (DDD, looked up slightly inadvertently here)

iv: grotesque body has achieved a girth of 64 inches?
GIANT PUFFBALL (calvatia gigantea) (PJ, found in Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World, by Hall et al.)

v: two names, applied to a firelighter suggest muscle relaxation and recall kitchen negligence?
CANDLE SNUFF FUNGUS (xylaria hypoxylon), viz firelighter plus "muscle relaxant" = a mix-op in the kitchen (DDD, looked up here)

vi: better known as one of Rainier's features, is the most common source of what favourite hallucinogen?
LIBERTY CAP (psilocybe semilanceata) (AMME and his mum)

vii: sinister form of headgear probably accounted for a Holy Roman Emperor?
DEATH CAP (amanita phalloides) (AT)

viii: parasite is nominally associated with Iscariot?
JUDAS' EAR or JEW'S EAR or JELLY EAR (auricularia auricula-judae) (AT/MM)

ix: precious stone is deceitful?
AMETHYST DECEIVER (laccaria amethystea) (DDD, looked up here)

x: is also a lamellibranch?
OYSTER MUSHROOM (pleurotus ostreatus): lammelibranch means bivalve, ie a type of mollusc (AT)

Comments

[petra jane (from livejournal.com)]

Also I wld like to register my disappointment at no mention of Dog Stinkhorn, the most hilarious-looking of all fungi.