Boost please British folk. Woods here are FULL of death caps. Amanita phalloides. In decades of picking I have never seen as many as here on Cambridge today. It not even usually common here. It's brutally poisonous, please share a warning to avoid it #mushtodon #fungi #mushrooms

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I have boosted, It would be good to find out where these would normally be found? I know we have had a long dry period, (June) then I think one one of the wettest July on record, so climate change is one factor, could this also be a factor, however the spores must also get here somehow too.

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Well I'm certainly noticing a lot more mushrooms recently. This is not in some wooded area but just in the grassy patches between houses and the road in residential areas. Wonder if any are deathcaps - cannot really trust Google Lens to tell from appearance

@bornach @zleap they're quite distinctive, but we do see deaths when they're doing well. People do somehow manage to eat them.

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