12 October 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Fly Agaric, Tue Mouche Cap Convex, then flattened, initially covered with white veil remnants forming a distinctive pattern of spots which often wash off with age, margin lined, bright red to orange, to about 20 cm across Gills Broad, free, white Stem +/- equal, with a large fleshy ring, white but often with yellow on the ring, base bulbous Flesh White Smell Pleasant Taste Do not taste Season Autumn Distribution Common Habitat With Birch or conifers Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores broadly ellipsoidal, smooth (9-12) x (7-9) µm2 Edibility Poisonous, potentially deadly, causing nausea, coma, and delirium Notes This is the classic mushroom of children's fairy tales 
27 October 2006 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
8 October 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |