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The red-and-white spotted toadstool is a common image in many aspects of popular culture. [29] Garden ornaments and children's picture books depicting gnomes and fairies, such as the Smurfs, often show fly agarics used as seats, or homes. [29] [135] Fly agarics have been featured in paintings since the Renaissance, [136] albeit in a subtle manner.
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, ... identification to genus can often be accomplished in the field using a local field guide. Identification to species ...
Tricholoma saponaceum, also known as the soap-scented toadstool, soapy tricholoma, [1] soapy knight or soap tricholoma is an inedible mushroom found in woodlands in Europe and North America. Taxonomy [ edit ]
The genus Amanita was first published with its current meaning by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1797. [1] Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Persoon's concept of Amanita, with Amanita muscaria (L.) Pers. as the type species, has been officially conserved against the older Amanita Boehm (1760), which is considered a synonym of Agaricus L. [2]
Scientific name Common name Active agent Distribution Similar edible species Picture Agaricus californicus: California Agaricus: phenol and xanthodermin: North America Edible Agaricus species
Infundibulicybe geotropa, also known as the trooping funnel or monk's head, is a large funnel-shaped toadstool with a sturdy cream or buff colour. It grows widely in Europe and (less commonly) in North America in mixed woodlands, often in troops or fairy rings, one of which is over half a mile wide.
Coprinopsis atramentaria, commonly known as the common ink cap, tippler's bane, or inky cap, is a species of fungus.Previously known as Coprinus atramentarius, it is the second best-known ink cap and previous member of the genus Coprinus after C. comatus.
Clitocybe odora, commonly known as the blue green anise mushroom, [2] or aniseed toadstool, is a blue-green mushroom that smells strongly like anise. It grows near deciduous and coniferous trees, in small groups alongside tree roots.