Fly Agaric

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Scientific Clasification

Kingdom:Fungi
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order:Agaricales
Family:Amanitaceae
Genus:Amanita
Species: A. muscaria

Description

The Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita mushroom is a poisonous and psychoactive fungus. Fully grown, the cap can grow from 8 to 20 centimeters in diameter and is bright red in colour. The white markings on the surface of the cap are from the universal veil that it breaks through as it starts growing. The gills and spore print are white. The stipe is white and can grow from 5 to 20 centimeters tall and 1 to 2 centimeters in diameter. The stipe, at its base, bears a universal veil that is distinctive to this mushroom. 

Gills on Hymenium

Cap is convex
or 

flat

Hymenium free

Stipe has a ring and volva

Spore print is white

Ecology is mycorrhizal

Edibility: Poisonous
or 

psychoactive

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