Ree Smith
Amanita Muscaria
Amanita Muscaria, or the Fly Agaric, is one of most easily identifiable types of mushroom.
Fly agaric is poisonous and infamous for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties but, reports of human deaths are extremely rare. It was traditionally used as an insecticide. The cap was broken up and sprinkled into saucers of milk. It's known to contain ibotenic acid, which both attracts and kills flies – which gave it its name.
I spotted these on a trip to The Elan Valley in Mid Wales, UK.
Amanita Muscaria
Amanita Muscaria, or the Fly Agaric, is one of most easily identifiable types of mushroom.
Fly agaric is poisonous and infamous for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties but, reports of human deaths are extremely rare. It was traditionally used as an insecticide. The cap was broken up and sprinkled into saucers of milk. It's known to contain ibotenic acid, which both attracts and kills flies – which gave it its name.
I spotted these on a trip to The Elan Valley in Mid Wales, UK.