Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the Fly Agaric, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species.
It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture.
Several subspecies, with differing cap colour, have been recognised to date, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, and formosa, and the pinkish persicina.
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this is so crystal clear, love this image, excellent capture!
Beautiful work, congratulations on your feature!
Thankyou Ray :-)
– bevlea
oooooh… thankyou the feature is much appreciated!!
Only ever seen them in photos , magic Capture Mother natures perfection
thankyou!
– bevlea
Nice shot! Hope I happen upon one of these one day with camera in hand.
thankyou Kenneth!
– bevlea
wow! way cool…. thankyou for the feature!
– bevlea
Gorgeous image Bev.
Thankyou Maree…. glad you like it :-)
– bevlea
Amazing Clarity…..looks like a miniature wonderland… Beautiful image…