Top Results for Amanita

Caesar’s Mushroom, *Amanita caesarea*, is a European edible fungus recognized for its vibrant orange cap. Historically valued by Roman emperors, it's now sought after by experienced mushroom foragers and chefs. Its distinctive appearance and flavor make it a prized gourmet ingredient in select dishe...

Samorost 2 is a 2005 point-and-click adventure puzzle game developed by the Czech independent studio Amanita Design. Players control a small gnome as he attempts to rescue his stolen dog from a pair of extraterrestrial aliens across distinct, surreal planets. The game is notable for its unique audio...

Amanita muscaria, the fly agaric, is a psychoactive and toxic basidiomycete found across the Northern Hemisphere, recognized globally for its red cap with white warts and historically used in shamanic traditions.

Orange Grisette is the common name for Amanita crocea, a European Amanita recognized by its orange to ochre cap, white gills, ringless stem, and persistent sac-like volva at the base. It commonly occurs in deciduous and mixed woodland. The species is regarded as edible when thoroughly cooked in some...

Amanita rubescens, commonly called the blusher, is a poisonous-looking but traditionally edible Amanita found in Europe and North America. Its cap and flesh often develop pink, red, or wine-colored staining after damage, a feature reflected in its common name. It must be thoroughly cooked before eat...

The Blusher is the common name for Amanita rubescens, an Amanita found across Europe and North America. Its flesh commonly develops pink or reddish staining where it is bruised or cut, a feature reflected in its common name. It is treated as an edible species only after thorough cooking, because raw...

The blusher, Amanita rubescens, is a widespread woodland mushroom found in Europe and North America. Its cap commonly has pale patches, and damaged areas of the flesh can develop pink, red, or reddish-brown discoloration, which gives the species its common name. It is regarded as edible only after t...

Amanita fulva, commonly called the tawny grisette, is a slender species in the Amanita genus found in woodland habitats in Europe and North America. It typically has an orange-brown to tawny cap, a fragile stem, and a volva at the base, while lacking the ring found in some related Amanita species. I...

Warted Amanita is the common name for Amanita strobiliformis, a large white mushroom associated with calcareous soils in central and southern Europe. Its cap is marked by prominent, pyramid-shaped warts, while the stem has a substantial ring and a bulbous base. It is described as edible when thoroug...

The grisette is the common name for Amanita vaginata, a mushroom in the genus Amanita. It typically has a grey or grey-brown cap, white gills, a slender stem, and a persistent cup-like volva at the base, but no ring around the stem. It occurs in woodland and other habitats across much of the Norther...

Amanita excelsa is an agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae, commonly called the grey-spotted amanita or European false blusher. It is an ectomycorrhizal woodland species with a grey to grey-brown cap bearing pale veil remnants, a white ringed stem and a swollen base; its flesh does not redden whe...

Amanita gemmata, often called the gemmed or jeweled amanita, is a mycorrhizal mushroom associated with trees in woodland habitats. Its cap is usually yellow to yellow-brown and may retain white patches from the universal veil; the gills are white, and the stem may show a ring and remnants of the vol...

Amanita pantherina, the panther cap, is a toxic European and North American species containing ibotenic acid and muscimol, capable of causing severe anticholinergic poisoning and occasionally fatalities.

Amanita phalloides, known as the death cap, is a poisonous Amanita mushroom native to Europe and introduced in some other regions with suitable tree hosts. It forms a greenish, olive, or yellow-brown cap above white gills and a white stalk with a ring and cup-like volva, although color can vary. Its...

Amanita verna, the fool's mushroom, is a lethal all-white European species containing amatoxins, historically confused with edible Agaricus species, leading to fatal poisonings particularly in spring.

Amanita ocreata, the western North American destroying angel, is a deadly white Amanita native to the Pacific coast of the United States, responsible for fatal poisonings each year due to its edible-mushroom resemblance.

Amanita virosa, commonly called the destroying angel, is a poisonous mushroom found in Europe and northern Asia. Its fruiting body is entirely white, with free white gills, a ring on the stem, and a sack-like volva at the base; those features distinguish it from many edible mushrooms but can be over...