– Cap red to faded orange with white to yellow-white warty remnants.
– Gills free, white.
– Stem white, with a robust white to yellowish-white ring.
– Stem base swollen, with warty remnants forming scale-like rings.
– Flesh yellowish just below the cap surface.
Amanitoid agarics
Fly Agaric aggregate
Amanita muscaria s.lat.
NA
Not applicable
Poisonous
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with birch in deciduous forests, coniferous forests, and pastures.
Notes
Contains toxins affecting the nervous system, causing symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, seizures, and palpitations.
Similar species
Inexperienced mushroom pickers may confuse specimens that have lost their warty remnants after heavy rain with any of the red Russula species, but they always lack veil remnants on cap and stem.
