Amanita muscaria (L.) Lam.
(Fly Agaric)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
GenusAmanita (grisettes and amanitas)
FamilyAMANITACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric) :
1: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
20 Oct 2018 OSGR: SU20 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
2 fruitbodies under Beech
Image 1: 2 fruitbodies under Beech treeImage 2: 2 fruitbodies under Beech tree (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - side viewImage 4: Fruitbody - top viewImage 5: Fruitbody - top view (2)
2: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
26 Oct 2014 OSGR: SZ29 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
trooping, under birch
Image 1: Cap - LS - natural backgroundImage 2: Cap margin - close-upImage 3: Cap surface - close-upImage 4: Cap - top viewImage 5: Fruitbody - lower view - natural backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - LS - natural backgroundImage 7: Fruitbody - LS - two halves - natural backgroundImage 8: Fruitbody - side view - natural backgroundImage 9: Fruitbody - young - oblique viewImage 10: Fruitbody - young - side viewImage 11: Gills - close-up - natural backgroundImage 12: Group of fruitbodiesImage 13: Group of fruitbodies - oblique viewImage 14: Group of fruitbodies - side viewImage 15: Ring - close-up - dark backgroundImage 16: Ring - close-up - white backgroundImage 17: Stipe apex - close-upImage 18: Stipe base - close-upImage 19: Troop of fruitbodies - oblique viewImage 20: Troop of fruitbodies - oblique view (2)Image 21: Troop of fruitbodies - side viewImage 22: Spore print - enlarged - black backgroundImage 23: Spore print with iodine - enlarged - black backgroundImage 24: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnifiedImage 25: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnified (2)Image 26: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnified (3)Image 27: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnified (4)Image 28: Cheilocystidia - in gill edge squash prep - magnified (5)Image 29: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 30: Cheilocystidia - magnified (2)Image 31: Spores - magnifiedImage 32: Spores - magnified (2)Image 33: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 34: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 35: Universal veil - magnifiedImage 36: Universal veil - magnified (2)Image 37: Universal veil - microscope low magnification
3: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
22 Oct 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
advanced stage buttons, under birch
Image 1: ButtonsImage 2: Fruitbody - oblique viewImage 3: Fruitbody - oblique view (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - side view - white backgroundImage 5: Fruitbody - youngImage 6: Volva - oblique view - close-up
4: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
10 Oct 2001 OSGR: SU76 51° 20’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Under Birch and Grey Sallow
Image 1: Cap surface - close-upImage 2: Cap surface - close-up (2)Image 3: Cap - top viewImage 4: Cap - underside showing gillsImage 5: Fruitbody - side viewImage 6: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 7: In situImage 8: In situ (2)Image 9: Ring and upper stipe - close-upImage 10: Ring - still attached to cap margin - close-upImage 11: Stipe and young ring - close-upImage 12: Stipe base - close-upImage 13: Stipe base - close-up (2)Image 14: SporesImage 15: Spores (2)
5: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
19 Sep 1986 OSGR: SU66 51° 20’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Button - in situImage 2: ButtonsImage 3: Button - young - in situImage 4: CapImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - in situImage 6: Fruitbody - side view showing gills - lain downImage 7: Fruitbody - young - side view - in situImage 8: Fruitbody - young - side view - lain downImage 9: Stipe - close-upImage 10: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 11: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 12: DescriptionImage 13: Description - contd
6: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
21 Aug 1978 OSGR: NO04 56° 30’ N, 3° 30’ W Vice County: East Perthshire (VC 89) Scotland
Three fruitbodies
Image 1: Three fruitbodies - in situ
7: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
24 Sep 1975 OSGR: SE33 53° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
Mummified old fruitbody
Image 1: Fruitbody - old - in situ
8: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
10 Nov 1974 OSGR: SU96 51° 20’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Stipe - in situ - close-up
9: Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
16 Sep 1970 OSGR: TQ43 51° 0’ N, 0° 0’ E Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - young - in situ - close-upImage 2: Group - in situ

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 1996 Vol 10 Part 2 - Rear cover Mycologist Vol 10 (2): rear cover.
Hampton, M. 2004 Amanita muscaria Vol 5 (2) Page: Back cover
Kibby, G. 2016 A tale of two names - Amanita junquillea & A. gemmata Field Mycology Vol 17 (1): 19-20.
Overall, A. 2007 Some Notable Fungi in Central London Field Mycology Vol 8 (1): 24-27.

Var. Alba

Gonou-Zagou, Z. & Delivorias, P. 2011 Two rare white forms of common Amanita species Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 9-13.

Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric)
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