Amanita flytrapAmanita muscaria

Hat: red to red-orange, covered in white flakes.

Blades: free, white.

Stalk: white, scaly when young, bulbous, with white ridges or scales above the bulb; white membranous ring.

Flesh: white, yellow to orange under the cuticle.

Spores: 8.5-11 x 6.5-8 μm, elliptical or ovoid and non-amyloid.

Taste: sweet.

Odour: faint.

WHERE TO FIND IT AT AROUCA GEOPARK

Fruiting Season September - December

Dimension Hat: 4-20 cm | Foot: 8-20 X 1-3 cm

Habitat In coniferous and hardwood forests, on non-calcareous soils.

Amanita muscaria © Avelino Vieira

Amanita muscaria © Avelino Vieira

Amanita muscaria © Avelino Vieira

Amanita muscaria © Avelino Vieira

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