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Mushrooms under conifers in the Connecticut woods, possibly members of the genus Amanita, which contains some of the deadliest mushrooms, including the death cap and destroying angel
Beautiful gray fairy inkcap mushrooms growing on the old tree trunk in autumn forest. Natural woodland scenery with a lot of agaric fungi in Latvia, Northern Europe.
Makro-Aufnahme von Pilzen
Deadly Destroying Angel mushroom on a human palm
Close up of a pair of shaggy parasol (chlorophyllum rhacodes) mushrooms in a meadow
Montseny mushrooms
Close-up of mushrooms growing on edible mushroom culture medium
Dryad's Saddle (pheasant's Back) Growing in Woods By Chungies Organic Farms - growing on a broken and dying tree stump in swampy area of woods. By morel mushrooms
Poisonous mushroom in the ground in the forest in autumn.
Autumn foraging finds Poison Puffball amongst leaf litter
Mushroom Paxillus involutus, commonly known as the brown roll-rim, common roll-rim, or poison pax in forest in the ground
Amanita phalloides (Fr.) Link in Willd. Death Cap, Amanite phalloide, Oronge ciquë vert, Grüner Knollenblätterpilz, Tignosa verdognola, Groene knolamaniet, Gyilkos galóca. Cap 6-15cm across, convex then flattened; variable in color but usually greenish or yellowish with an olivaceous disc and paler margin; also, paler and almost white caps do occur occasionally; smooth, slightly sticky when wet, with faint, radiating fibers often giving it a streaked appearance; occasionally white patches of volval remnants can be seen on cap. Gills free, close, broad; white. Stem 60-140 x 10-20mm, solid, sometimes becoming hollow, tapering slightly toward the top; white, sometimes flushed with cap color; smooth to slightly scaly; the ball-shaped basal bulb is encased in a large, white, lobed, saclike volva. Veil partial veil leaves skirt-like ring hanging near the top of the stem. Flesh firm, thicker on disc; white to pale yellowish green beneath cap cuticle. Odor sickly sweet becoming disagreeable. Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, amyloid, 8-10.5 x 7-9µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in small groups on the ground in mixed coniferous and deciduous woods. Quite common in Europe. This is the most deadly fungus known, and despite years of detailed research into the toxins it contains, no antidote exists against their effects on the human body. Poisoning by Amanita phalloides is characterized by a delay of between six and twenty-four hours from the time of ingestion to the onset of symptoms, during which time the cells of the liver and kidneys are attacked (source R. Phillips). \n\nThis deadly poisonous Species is quite common in the Dutch Woods.
Morchella mushroom in the forest as background
Autumn in pre-Pyrenees, Catalonian undergrowth.. during autumn season.\n\nLepiota
Meadow mushrooms
White mushroom in fall on forest floor, Connecticut. Classic composition.
Leopard Earthball fungus (Scleroderma areolatum) found in forest leaf litter
The parasol mushroom 'Macrolepiota procera' or 'Lepiota procera' growing in the forest.
Beautiful, small, white mushrooms growing on a tree trunk in forest. Natural autumn woodlands scenery in Latvia, Northern Europe.
Bolete Leccinum scabrum (Fr.) S. F. Gray syn. Boletus scaber Fr. Brauner Birkenpilz Bolet rude, Brown Birch. Cap 5–15cm, hazel, fulvous or snuff-brown, dry but tacky in wet weather. Stem 70–200 x 20–30mm, white to grey covered with brownish-black scales becoming darker towards the base. Flesh white, very soft, watery, unchanging or flushing pale pink. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes white becoming dirty ochraceous. Pores small, white then dingy, bruising ochraceous. Spore print snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 14–20 x 5–6um. Habitat with birch. Season summer to autumn. Common. Edible – not worthwhile. Distribution, America and Europe (source R. Phillips).
Amanita citrina, false death cap mushrooms closeup selective focus
A single mushroom growing on the forest floor.
A mushroom Russula virescens is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula, and is commonly known as the green-cracking russula, the quilted green russula or green brittlegill. Mushroom with a green or grey cap and white stem growing among fallen leaves in autumn forest.
Many enoki mushrooms on the side of a tree in the forest.
Galerina close up photo of a mushroom on a green moss background
Honey mushrooms in the New England woods, September
Birch Polypore Fungus.
Coprinus comatus, the shaggy ink cap, lawyer's wig, or shaggy mane, is a common fungus often seen growing on lawns, along gravel roads and waste areas.
Destroying Angel mushroom Deadly poisonous Amanita virosa
Lactarius pubescens, commonly known as the downy milk cap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a medium to large agaric with a creamy-buff, hairy cap, whitish gills and short stout stem. The fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution, and grows solitarily or in scattered groups on sandy soil under or near birch. \nDescription:\nThe cap is 2.5–10 cm wide, obtuse to convex, becoming broadly convex with a depressed center. The margin (cap edge) is rolled inward and bearded with coarse white hairs when young. The cap surface is dry and fibrillose except for the center, which is sticky and smooth when fresh, azonate, white to cream, becoming reddish-orange to vinaceous (red wine-colored) on the disc with age. The gills are attached to slightly decurrent, crowded, seldom forked, whitish to pale yellow with pinkish tinges, slowly staining brownish ochraceous when bruised. The stem is 2–6.5 cm long, 6–13 mm thick, nearly equal or tapered downward, silky, becoming hollow with age, whitish when young, becoming ochraceous from the base up when older, apex usually tinged pinkish, often with a white basal mycelium. The flesh is firm, white; odor faintly like geraniums or sometimes pungent, taste acrid. The latex is white upon exposure, unchanging, not staining tissues, taste acrid. The spore print is cream with a pinkish tint. The edibility of Lactarius pubescens has been described as unknown, poisonous, and even edible.\nEdibility: Ambiguous and controversial. In Russia is consumed after prolonged boiling followed by a marinating process. However it is reported to have caused gastro-intestinal upsets. Therefore, its consumption should not be recommended and this species considered toxic (source Wikipedia).
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