A rising interest in using red fly agaric mushrooms as natural medicine is raising alarms among health experts. Historically linked to Viking lore and myths about berserkers, red fly agaric is now ...

But it wasn’t psilocybin, the psychedelic drug in so-called “magic” mushrooms, but instead the world’s most charismatic fungi, the red and white fly agaric mushroom, known to scientists as ...

In this fungus, the red cap is a sign of danger for humans - but it's not a universal rule. While fly agaric is deadly, many other red mushrooms, such as the scarlet hood, are fit for consumption. A ...

This mushroom tends to catch people out because it looks a lot like a popular edible mushroom – the blusher. Found in broadleaved woods, especially beech or oak. Five - Fly Agaric ...