fly agaric
The most famous appearance of the fly agaric is a dark red hat with white dots. The white dots are remnants of the overall shell (velum universale) in which the mushroom was 'trapped' before it emerged from the ground. These rinse off the hat quite quickly in rainy weather. The first photo in the photo gallery below gives an idea of the variation in color in fly agarics, which can vary from deep dark red (especially in juveniles) to orange with yellow tones (after rain). The hat grows to 5–15 cm wide. [2] The flesh, plates and spores are white. The spores are elliptical in shape (9-12 μm by 6-9 μm) and not amyloid. On the white stem there is usually a clear ring and at the bottom a (flaky) purse. Fly agarics can occur from July through late autumn, peaking around the end of August.
Shot with the nikon D7000 and the nikon 55 200mm DX.
fly agaric
The most famous appearance of the fly agaric is a dark red hat with white dots. The white dots are remnants of the overall shell (velum universale) in which the mushroom was 'trapped' before it emerged from the ground. These rinse off the hat quite quickly in rainy weather. The first photo in the photo gallery below gives an idea of the variation in color in fly agarics, which can vary from deep dark red (especially in juveniles) to orange with yellow tones (after rain). The hat grows to 5–15 cm wide. [2] The flesh, plates and spores are white. The spores are elliptical in shape (9-12 μm by 6-9 μm) and not amyloid. On the white stem there is usually a clear ring and at the bottom a (flaky) purse. Fly agarics can occur from July through late autumn, peaking around the end of August.
Shot with the nikon D7000 and the nikon 55 200mm DX.