Fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria),artwork. This mushroom is powerfully hallucinogenic,containing the drugs ibotenic acid and muscimol. The effects are unpredictable,and a few deaths have resulted. It takes its name from the medieval practice of breaking the caps into a saucer of milk in order to stupefy flies. It is commonly found amongst birch trees in temperate regions in autumn | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Harper, Lizzie |
Taille de l’image : | 3177 px × 4441 px |
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