![]() ![]() ![]() ĭespite its easily distinguishable features, Amanita muscaria is a fungus with several known variations, or subspecies. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.Īrguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric is a large white- gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture, including in video games-e.g., the extensive use of a recognizable Amanita muscaria in the Mario franchise and its Super Mushroom power-up-and television-e.g., the houses in The Smurfs franchise. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. ![]()
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