Fly Agaric - Midlands/Warwickshire

[suky321]

Thanks for the comments Mike, I was just curious, please delete those posts that I made.

Nice pic treekeeper, it's amazing how they've multiplied since the last photo you took. Are those growing under a birch tree?

[treecreeper]

Hi Suky, there is a silver birch in the next garden about 8-10 yards away which I presume the amanitas are parasitising. I'd quantify that with a tape measure but this is a Neighbourhood Watch area . The garden with the silver birch also has Stropharia aurantiaca, and several gardens in the road have Geoglossum cookeanum

[alge]

Originally Posted by cybershot

Still tripping over them on every outing in this neck of the woods.

I was amused by your turn of phrase cybershot, I found maybe 20 or so troops today in a variety of habitats here are a couple of them

this troop formed a ring around 5' across under sweet chestnut


these were in a bit more open wood with birch, pine and beech. lots of bracken around and even some heather.


Stewy, I agree they do tend to like each others company in certain places, sorry to read its not so good up your way, we are doing well on both counts round here.

[Ditiola]

Hi
I am pleased someone else has found Fly Agaric under Sweet Chestnut. I found it under an isolated Castania (Sweet Chestnut) tree several years ago but no one believed me!

I have also found it under an isolated specimen of Nothofagus antarctica.

Peter

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by matt_xyz

From a photographic point of view I've wanted to see Fly Agarics for years and still haven't managed to see a single one. I can only assume that not many sites in my area have acidic soil (I've looked under plenty of birch trees!). I'm envious of those who've reported seeing dozens of them.

Matt

i'd suggest a trip to carvers rocks SSSI matt - just over the derbyshire border (between ashby and melbourne) - i used to be a ranger there and it was absolutely smothered with FAs not to mention other exciting fungi

[alge]

Originally Posted by Ditiola

Hi
I am pleased someone else has found Fly Agaric under Sweet Chestnut. I found it under an isolated Castania (Sweet Chestnut) tree several years ago but no one believed me!

I have also found it under an isolated specimen of Nothofagus antarctica.

Peter

Hi Peter i have to admit that birch saplings are all over the place but the spread of the mycelium suggest that its older than the birch wands. If you ever meet any doubters again bring them to kent on a field trip and i will happily take them to a number of places that A. muscaria grow in Castania coppices.

Alex

[Geoff23]

I was just out walking with my mother and cousin. They had stopped to photograph a patch of fly agarics when a large-ish brown dog came bounding towards us, taking no notice of its owner telling it to come back. It took one look at the largest fly agaric and grabbed it as it ran past: one chomp and it swallowed the lot. "Are they dangerous?" said the owner. I guess she'll find out later.