Amanita muscaria (fly agaric) 🍄 so magical to come across such an abundance of these striking mushrooms in the woods over the past few weeks.
This one is very fancy, lifting up its frilly white skirt to flash its stipe, and has already attracted a couple of the local creepy-crawlies 🕷️🪰
This skirt (annulus) is formed as the mushroom grows, it is a membrane that protects the gills as they develop, and it hangs down after it breaks free from the cap edge whilst remaining attached at the stipe. This one has only partially detached from the cap edge, giving this mushroom such a sassy pose 💃🏻
Amanita muscaria is famed for its psychoactive, shamanic and medicinal properties as well as its iconic look 🍄
Shot on Google Pixel 4 📱
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