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Color:

blood-red, or various shades of bright-, scarlet-, or orange-red;

becoming lighter toward edges;

 

Surface:

smooth, covered with white warts or small patches (remains of the

universal veil);

 

Face:

minutely hairy.

 

Shape:

enlarging toward bulbous base; sometimes equal or tapering

slightly upward;

 

Surface:

fibrous to cottony; Color: whitish; sometimes discolored with age;

 

Flesh:

hollow to stuffed.

 

Partial Veil:

membranous, white to whitish; leaving median to superior ring;

 

Universal Veil:

whitish; forming a scaly series of 2-4 concentric rings.

 

 

A Botanical Description of the Haluconogenic Mushroom,

Amanita muscaria sometimes known as Fly Agaric -

and in other cultures as Divine Soma

 

(Linnaeus per Fries) Hooker, Flora Scotica 2:19. 1821