Fly Agaric Mushroom, scientifically known as the Amanita Muscaria is perhaps the most widely recognizable mushroom in the world. Its defining features are warts on its usually deep red cap and, the appearance of a ring on the upper stem. Cap colors in this species of mushroom range from deep red to bright yellow to white but usually fade with age to a pale yellow or orange. The caps range from 5-30 cm; it starts out convex, then as it ages becomes more flattened.

This mushroom is generally considered to be poisonous, however it is consumed in some part of Europe, Asia and North America after being boiled extensively. Ingestion of the mushroom elicits hallucinogenic responses; its main psychoactive substance is muscimol which has effect s similar to a lucid dream. There are many variants in this sub species of mushrooms some include: Amanita Flavivolvata- which is red with yellowish warts on the caps, Amanita Guessowii is the variation with is deeply orange or reddish towards then center than fades into a more yellow hue toward the rim, and the Amanita Regalis which is brown with yellowish warts on the cap.