Fairy on a Mushroom

Fairy sitting on a Mushroom

Fairies love animals.  Here we see a fairy greeting a snail.  The fairy is resting on a Amanita muscara, a red mushroom with white spots.  The spots are actually much smaller in this red mushroom.  It is native to the Northern Hemisphere but it has been accidentally introduced into the Southern Hemisphere as well. 

Fairies are fluent in several languages and you may be surprised that they study Nature.  They refer to plants and animals by the often Latin and or Greek scientific names.  By the way, a Fairy would tell you that this type mushroom is classified as poisonous if you eat it.  

This drawing is based on a photo from Facebook. The model is actually not a fairy, she is one of my former science students and she was also my teaching assistant.  She was an awesome worker too.  She is now a talented poet.