Fly agaric (Amanita gemmata)
Systematics:- Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
- Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
- Family: Amanitaceae (Amanitaceae)
- Genus: Amanita (Amanita)
- Species: Amanita gemmata (Amanita bright yellow)
Synonyms:
Amanita, straw yellow
- Amanita junquillea
Amanita muscaria (Latin Amanita gemmata ) is a mushroom of the Amanitaceae family.
The season is late spring - autumn.
The cap is smooth , ocher-yellow, dry, 4-10 cm in ∅. In young mushrooms it is convex , in ripe ones it becomes flat . The edges of the cap are grooved.
The pulp is white or yellowish, with a faint radish odor. The plates are loose, frequent, soft, pale at first; older mushrooms may have light buffy.
The stem is elongated, fragile, whitish or yellowish in color, 6-10 cm in height, 0.5-1.5 cm with a ring; as the mushroom matures, the ring disappears. The surface of the leg is smooth, sometimes pubescent.
Remains of bedspreads: the ring is filmy, quickly disappears, leaving an indistinct mark on the leg; Volvo is short, inconspicuous, in the form of narrow rings on the swelling of the leg; on the skin of the cap there are usually white flaky plates.
White spore powder, spores 10 × 7.5 μm, broadly elliptical.
Shows varying degrees of toxicity depending on the place of growth. In terms of symptoms of poisoning, it is similar to the panther fly agaric.