Where do fly agaric mushrooms grow in the UK?

Question

I was fortunate enough to see one at the side of the road while we were passing in a car a few years ago, but i didn't get the chance to sop. Can't really remember where it was though.

Answer 1

FLY AGARIC - our most famous toadstool - red with white spots - typical of fairies and pixies etc.

Fly Agaric fairies. . . . .

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl...

Touch a fly agaric toadstool and die.  Well, that's the ancient wisdom passed on down from my long dead father - a mushroom fancier in his spare time.

It's agreat pity that here in UK if we gather fungi from the forests, there is no one around who can advise us as to whether or not what we have gathered is eddible or plain deadly poisonous.

Of the three odd thousand species of fungi growing here in UK, only a few are actually deadly, but there are many which will give a month long gut ache and only poor recovery from same.

So, if you are uncertain about a particular fungi/mushroom and/or toadstool, contact your local michologist (mycologist?)

Fly Agaric - Amanita muscaria - UK SafariSpecial features: The fly agaric has tiny, hair-like roots which attach themselves to tree roots. In this way the toadstool can siphon off some of the ...

http://www.uksafari.com/flyagaric.htm

Cheshire Wildlife Trust, WATCH Fly agaric fascinating facts. The toadstool we see is its fruiting body. The underside of the cap sheds tiny spores, too small to see, which may grow into a new fly agaric. ...

http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/cheshire...

Fly agaric toadstool Amanita muscaria, commonly called fly agaric or less often fly mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Amanita. The original white-spotted red ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/a/a...

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BBC - h2g2 - The Influence of Fly Agaric on the Iconography of ...21 Dec 2005 ... They feed on grass and lichens, but also have a taste for the fly agaric toadstool, Amanita muscaria, because of its intoxicating and ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A6084218

Recreational Psychedelics - Before you try Fly Agaric as a recreational drug you should read ALL the material ... as the toadstool grows. Fly agarics fruit in late autumn and winter. ...

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Answer 2

just about anywhere, usually seen in the autumn.

try here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_mus...

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