Early muscaria

[wildherbalian85]

How delighted i was to see a nice ring of fly agarics whilst up in the north east of the country. I did find it odd that they would be out in mid august but then again it was cool damp and had been so for about a week.

[Hedge Witch]

Yep - this dismal weather has to have its up side, I guess

[cybershot]

Sometimes takes a drop in temperature to bring out the survival instincts and push out the fruiting bodies of fungi. Appears to have been a flush all over this week though not seen any A. muscaria yet in this neck of the woods.

David

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by cybershot

Sometimes takes a drop in temperature to bring out the survival instincts and push out the fruiting bodies of fungi. Appears to have been a flush all over this week though not seen any A. muscaria yet in this neck of the woods.

David

Well im back in the mild south of hampshire now

I must say the only Fly agaric i have seen in the south early in the year was last year. Very early august (2nd,3rd) i was around the devils punchbowl (hindhead) and i found the remains of an old muscaria, there was another mushroom next to it but this had started to rot and i was unable to determin what it was, but if i was to guess id have said it was probably another muscaria