Amanita muscaria · Amanitaceae
The classic red and white toadstool. Hallucinogenic and poisonous. Admire it, do not eat it.
Poisonous. Contains ibotenic acid and muscimol. Causes confusion, nausea, delirium and sedation. Poisonings are rarely fatal but always unpleasant, and reactions vary wildly.
Read the full foraging safety guidance.
August to November
Other red-capped Amanitas such as the Blusher. All Amanitas should be left alone by beginners.
Do not eat.
Agaricus xanthodermus
A field-mushroom lookalike that turns bright chrome yellow when cut and makes most people ill.
Hypholoma fasciculare
Dense sulphur-yellow clusters on stumps all year. Very common, very bitter, and toxic.
Clitocybe rivulosa
A small pale funnel-shaped grassland mushroom; an important poisonous lookalike of edible spring species.
