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The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.

Anatomy, surgery and botany; top, dissected head showing arteries; centre, methods of bandaging the thorax and head; below, cleft lip (harelip) and instruments for surgery on  it; bottom, fly agaric mushroom. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1890.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1893.

Fungi: twenty species, including the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Boletus and Agaricus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur.

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.

Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

Eight fungi, including the fly agaric, chanterelle, Boletus edulis, field mushroom, puff ball, morel, dry-rot and ergot. Chromolithograph.

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Amanita muscaria

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Images referencing Amanita muscaria

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The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.

Amanita muscaria

Images from the collections

Images referencing Amanita muscaria

Works from the collections

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

Four poisonous plants: crowfoot (Ranunculus alpestris), fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and hellebore (Helleborus niger) Coloured engraving by J. Johnstone.

Fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies, one sectioned. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.

The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1892.

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