LukeDog asks: “Yo Red, you seem like the outdoors-type and mushroom season is right around the corner. Can a person eat too many ‘shroomz and are there side effects? Will they make you sick, or will they make you run through the woods naked, chasin’ little bunny rabbits?”

Ask Red says: Depending on the variety of mushroom you consume, yes, eating certain types  will make you tumble down the rabbit hole and into your own “Wonderland” adventure. At least that is what they taught me in D.A.R.E. class. But around these parts you’re not likely to find Magic Bus Munchies growing wild in the forest. What you may stumble onto, however, are the tasty morsels called morels that are a culinary delight. Early reports from fungi foragers say that “Smokies,” the darker, less desired but still good eating variety, are cropping up now. As April goes along the white morels will join the Smokies and if you discover a mother lode of them you’ll be in ‘shroom heaven. Of course, the mystery tour strain will also take you places but you might never come back.