I can’t explain why… but, there’s something about going back and photographing these red and white dotted ‘Fairytale’ mushrooms every season, that I love.
It’s botanical name is Amanita muscaria, but is also called ‘fly agaric’.
An information search tells me “it’s not poisonous”… but it goes on to say “you will just get sick and vomit all over the place”. Hmmm ??
They are fungus, and part of the toadstool species. They love to grow in the warmth litter of birch and pine trees, and grow late summer and early winter.
The other mushrooms I saw today were Conocybe, and there were plenty of blackberry bushes to negotiate…
