My Flora and Fauna Friday post this week is the Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) fungi. An alternative common English name is Fly Amanita.
The reason for fly in the common English name is because the fungi is traditionally used for catching flies.
The Fly Agaric is the classic red toadstool popular with illustrators of children’s books. This specimen was photographed on Bickerton Hill in southern Cheshire, England in the autumn.
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Such a pretty and coloful mushroom. I bet it must be poisonous?
You would have to eat a lot to kill you but one would probably make you pretty sick.
Thanks for guidance and sharing this educational information😊
Apparently you would have to eat 15 caps for a fatal dose.
Thanks!! But it is very pretty like those illustrations for fairy tales😁
If only you had captured the fairies!
You know, I have photographed dozens of specimens of Fly Agaric and have yet to see a fairy or a toad sitting on one. I have seen them partially eaten by slugs.