Life is pretty much what you make it....aroshh is smart.....he's got a lot of the right answers! (:
I believe it depends upon the type of mushroom...there are many, some of which are poisonos...though the common non-poisonous ones shouild not be toxic to the tree as they are just a fungus (not a harmful one either) and mushrooms grow on trees above ground all the time...try googling your question though for more succinct answers than I can give.(:
Where you live should have a hazardous waste dropoff facility....check the phonebook or google it...mercury is very bad stuff, extremely toxic to people, pets, the environment in general....reminds me of a time though when I was a child and my Dad had a a container of mercury (don't have a clue why he had it or where he got it from!) but my brother and I were playing with it...bouncing it to see it form "balls" and stuff like that! I'm surprised we're still alive! Ah-h-h...the old memories just pop up at times.........(: tripping down memory lane...
You can't do that legally in Chicago but many, many small markets do it and get away with it!
CONGRATS ANN! I'm throwing a little party for you in my mind as I speak!! You have given me more TU's than I probably ever deserve....it's nice to have intelligent input on this site and you certainly give that out in spades!...(:
People are strange my friend....just go with the flow...develop a thick skin....it's very hard to deal with the public and in these strange economic times people will get a little more crazy than they were to begin with!...(:
Try taking your "caps lock: button on your keyboard off.....................(:
The mind? It is a terible thing to waste! (hope all you schoolkids who ask so many homework questions see this and understand this particular answer...but we love you all none the less!!...(:
Wel-l-l-l, we're not ALL dead yet.....some of us may be knocking on Heavens' door so to speak but we are really and truly alive so ask away....we're much better and more diverse thatn ChaChas ever can or shall be!!.......):
Hey deathboy...you still amongst us?...I bet you are....grow up....get a grip...stop with the so-called "shock value" questions that are thrown out to us on this site....ask a decent question and/or ask for help (giving reasons for same) and you might be surprised at some of the really good answers that you might receive.(: