Autumn fungi: fly agaric, Bantock Park

Autumn fungi: fly agaric, Bantock Park

Fly agaric, the go-to toadstool of fairy tale illustrations. This one must have emerged the previous night: the red of the cap is still bright, not washed out after rain. The white ‘warts’, remnants of a veil which protected the cap as it was forcing its way through the soil, are still intact. And the cap has not yet started to spread and flatten.

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or the best chances of finding some, look where there’s birch trees around.