You may have seen fly agaric in stories, movies, or forests. Its red cap with white spots makes it easy to notice. Many ...

But it wasn’t psilocybin, the psychedelic drug in so-called “magic” mushrooms, but instead the world’s most charismatic fungi, the red and white fly agaric mushroom, known to scientists as ...

This mushroom tends to catch people out because it looks a lot like a popular edible mushroom – the blusher. Found in broadleaved woods, especially beech or oak. Five - Fly Agaric ...

Did you know that Amanita muscaria, also known as the fly agaric mushroom, was traditionally used as an excellent insecticide ...