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Two Amanita mushrooms growing at the base of a papaer birch tree

Alaska. Two Amanita mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) growing at the base of a Paper Birch tree (Betula papyrifera) in Anchorage in August. The bright reddish-orange cap is covered with white spots resembling warts. Also called Fly Agaric or Fly Death, Amanitas have hallucinogenic properties and are generally considered inedible and poisonous and can be toxic in large doses. They have been widely used, however, as "magic mushrooms" and as shamanic aids during rituals as they are psychoactive, containing muscimol and ibotenic acid. Aminita muscaria grows symbiotically with spruce and birch trees.

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Image Size: 4950x3300 / 14.7MB; 4/4/2007 Accent Alaska submissions Alaska Amanita Amanita muscaria BW/COLOR Betula papyrifera Fly Death Fly agaric Forests GROUP KEYWORDS IMAGE/COLOR/STYLE/FORMAT/NUMBERS Other Keywords Paper Birch Poisonous Southcentral Alaska TIME OF DAY birch birches botany close-up color day daylight daytime deciduous environment flora folk medicine folk remedies fungi fungus hallucinogenic horizontal ibotenic acid indigenous medicine medicinal medicine muscimol mushroom mushrooms nature outdoor outdoors outside plants psychoactive ritualistic medicine symbiotic toxic traditional medicine trees wild chuck maas
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Alaska. Two Amanita mushrooms (Amanita muscaria) growing at the base of a Paper Birch tree (Betula papyrifera) in Anchorage in August. The bright reddish-orange cap is covered with white spots resembling warts. Also called Fly Agaric or Fly Death, Amanitas have hallucinogenic properties and are generally considered inedible and poisonous and can be toxic in large doses. They have been widely used, however, as "magic mushrooms" and as shamanic aids during rituals as they are psychoactive, containing muscimol and ibotenic acid. Aminita muscaria grows symbiotically with spruce and birch trees.