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Amanita: description, species and photo

Fungus fly agaric belongs to the family of fly agaric. The peculiarity of this species is paradoxical - externally beautiful, it will necessarily turn out to be poisonous. A mushroom, the use of which poses no danger to human life and health, will be characterized by an unsightly appearance, so to speak, unappetizing. This is the case when the appearance is deceptive.

So, in order not to fall for the tricks of nature, let's understand.

Types of fly agaric: photo and description

You thought a poisonous fly agaric - is he alone, and confuse it with another mushroom will not work? And here not. Nature has also outwitted humanity. Let us consider the main varieties of these fungi and their features.

Amanita muscaria

The mushroom hat has a red or orange-red color. Its diameter is about 20 centimeters. On the surface of the cap are snow-white specks or warts-points of yellow color. This part is characterized by a spherical shape. The bottom of the cap is covered with beige plates. The pulp is white in color and has a faint mushroom flavor.

The maximum height of the foot can reach 25 centimeters. The description of red mushroom contains distinctive features, among which one can note the fortress, white color, decor in the form of a ring and pronounced white warts. It should be noted that speckles can have a yellow tinge. The lower part of the foot of the red fly agaric is thickened with a tuber with flakes.

Mass appearance of the fungus is fixed from the middle of summer to the middle of autumn. The habitat of such a poisonous handsome man is the forest zone. Especially beautiful are the poisonous mushrooms that grow under the birch.

In the description of red mushroom also want to add: if you use it to a person, do not get away with trouble. It can cause suffocation, cause syncope or severe gastrointestinal disorders. The deaths from the use of this fungus in the food of history are also known. A lethal dose of a poisonous substance can be obtained from ingestion of 3-5 fly agarics.

Application

Where is this fungus used if it is inedible? Amanita is an excellent remedy against flies. To do this, put the mushroom cap in a deep plate, pour water, brought to a boil, and sprinkle a little sugar on top. As a result of such manipulations, the juice is allocated from the cap, which becomes sugar syrup. This kind of delicacy for flies - tasty, but deadly.

Amanita is bright yellow

This kind of fungus also refers to poisonous. But, unlike the previous one, in most cases it is deadly. The color of the cap is characterized by a bright yellow color, it is also called lemon or orange-yellow. Its surface is covered with a lot of snow-white flakes.

Under the hat there are plates that change their color, depending on the age of the fungus. When the fly agaric is young, they have a white color, and when its cycle of life reaches maturity, the plates acquire a brown tint. As for the flesh of the bonnet, it smells very much like the radish aroma.

The leg of bright yellow fly agar is frail, velvety (but not always), elongation. As the fungus grows older, the ring on it can completely disappear. To the base, the leg acquires an extended shape. This is the main distinctive feature of the poisonous fly agaric, which does not allow confusing it with an edible russula.

Amanita, described above, you can meet from June to September.

Amanita leopard

Can be referred to as a panther mushroom. Like the previous two species, it is not suitable for eating. Otherwise serious poisoning can not be avoided. To a lethal outcome can result, but not always.

The flesh has a very pleasant aroma, which is often confused with the smell of gray-pink fly agaric, being edible. In the deciduous and coniferous forests you can often find the panther fly agaric. Description of this miracle of nature read further.

The hat in diameter can reach 9 centimeters. It has a gray-brown, ocher-brown or even a black-brown color. The surface is covered with small white warts, which cause association with droplets of milk. The plates located under the mushroom cap have a white hue. The same color scheme is characteristic of the flesh. The smell reminds a radish. The mushroom leg of a hollow type, thin, is characterized by a cylindrical shape. The length can reach 13 centimeters. At the base there is a thickening in the form of tubers with several bands (usually 2-3). The decor of the legs is a filmy ring, often barely noticeable.

The mushroom grows from the middle of summer to the middle of autumn.

Amanita muscaria is encephalic

This fungus is also known as lemon or white inedible fly agaric. Its description is similar to the red view. However, this fungus is inferior to him both in attractiveness and in size. A little earlier, the amanita muscaria entered the poisonous class, but now scientists excluded it from this list and put it in a class of inedible. Such mushrooms are excessively bitter, have an unpleasant aroma, and taste like raw potatoes.

The hat in diameter does not exceed 10 cm. When the fungus is young, it is painted in white tones, but when the mature stage of life comes, the hat acquires a yellowish-green or even brownish tint, and large gray growths appear on its surface. Plates cream or white, on the edges of which there is a flocculation. Flesh white or lemon color. The height of the stem does not exceed 12 cm, it is characterized by a special subtlety and decor in the form of a sagging beige ring. The base is enlarged, which gives rise to tuberous thickening.

The epithelial fly agaric is fruitful, the description of which we have just considered, from late summer to mid-autumn. One of the varieties of this fungus is the fly agaric lemon white, the key feature of which is pure white color.

Amanita muscaria orange

Although this mushroom is recognized edible (after proper treatment), many consider it to be poisonous. Outwardly, it is very similar to the dangerous bright yellow amanita. The photo and description is presented below.

Hat at a young age is characterized by an egg-shaped form, and in a mature - flat. The maximum possible diameter is 10 centimeters. A clear sign of the orange fungus is a dark bulge that is located in the center. The very color of the fly agaric may be gray or orange and their shades. The skin is smooth. The edges of the cap are decorated with grooves.

Leg length can reach 15 centimeters, therefore it is considered elongated. As a rule, it has a pure white color, but visible blotches of brown color are not ruled out. The lower part is enlarged.

Collect this mushroom from August to September.

Amanita is gray-pink

Known as a blushing mushroom. At first glance, you can not say that it is edible, because it looks completely unappetizing. But, despite this, refers to the most delicious mushroom-mushrooms. It impresses with its taste qualities in both fried and marinated. And yet such a fly agonist is loved not only by people, but also by insects: flies, worms. If you get a wormy blushing amanita, do not be surprised.

Hat in diameter no more than 18 centimeters. A characteristic form is a hemisphere for a young fungus and is tuberculate-convex at the stage of a mature life cycle. The color of the hat is gray-pink. On the surface there is a mass of gray (less brown) outgrowths of the warty type, which are similar to flakes. The plates are white, but they can have a slightly pink tint, which makes it possible to distinguish the old fly agaric. The description further indicates that these partitions are densely packed.

Flesh is fleshy, impressive in thickness, white or gently pink. In the place of the break gradually turns pink and acquires a wine color. That is why this amanita is referred to as blushing. The taste of the pulp is sweet. There is no specific smell.

The height of the leg varies up to 15 centimeters. As the fungus grows, its color can range from light tones to dark pink. At the base there is a thickening of the tuberiform form.

Collect such mushrooms can be in the grassy areas from early summer through mid-autumn.

Amanita Caesarea

This kind is also called Caesar's fungus. This is one of the most delicious edible fly agarics. It has excellent taste and medicinal properties.

The hat in diameter can vary from 8 to 20 centimeters, has an ovate or hemispherical shape. Initially it is characterized by convexity, but as it grows, the fungus becomes more flat. The skin of the cap is colored golden-orange or bright red, rarely yellowish.

Mushroom fly agaric, a photo and description of which you have just seen, popularly referred to as royal or cesarean.

Before eating any edible mushroom needs to be heat treated.

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