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muhara · Amanita muscaria
The storybook toadstool — scarlet cap dotted with white flecks — common under birch and conifer in autumn. Beautiful, unmistakable, and poisonous: admire, photograph, never eat.
Identification & best seen
Bright red (sometimes orange) cap with white warty spots and white gills and stem.
Habitat & where to see
Under birch, pine and spruce, autumn.
Its old name comes from being steeped in milk to stupefy flies — and it's toxic to people too.