Fly agaric

Amanita muscaria

Русское название: Мухомор красный

Famous for a red cap with pale veil patches, although colour and markings vary. Contains toxic psychoactive compounds and can cause poisoning. Internet recipes do not establish safe preparation or medical benefit.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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Safety information

Never decide to eat a wild mushroom from a photograph or online description. A mistake can be fatal. For mushroom ingestion or suspected poisoning, contact emergency medical services or a poison centre immediately, even if symptoms have not appeared.

Irish Poisons Centre mushroom safety ↗

◎Distribution

Northern Hemisphere; introduced in some southern regions

♧Habitat

Woodland, associated with birch and conifers

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsAmanita muscaria — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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