Fly Agaric in Bern: the week ahead

Amanita muscaria

The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

Today

Fly AgaricToxic
Starting

confidence 44%

Flush phase

  1. Quiet
  2. Starting
  3. Building
  4. Peak
  5. Fading

Updated 17 September 2026, 11:22 BST

7 days

Index, day by day

Week's best 40on Thursdayaverage 38by the weekend falling

Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».

  1. Today4017 Sept
  2. Fri4018 Sept
  3. Sat4019 Sept
  4. Sun3820 Sept
  5. Mon3821 Sept
  6. Tue3622 Sept
  7. Wed3423 Sept

Map

Where to look: fly agaric

A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

About the species. Poisonous. It contains ibotenic acid and muscimol and can cause nausea, confusion, agitation, drowsiness and other neurological symptoms. The strength varies between fruitbodies, so appearance does not predict toxicity.

Fly Agaric in Bern: where to look

Fly Agaric — botanical illustration

Fly Agaric: the species in brief

How to tell it

Usually easy to recognise: a red to orange-red cap with white patches, white gills, a ring on the stem and a swollen base with scaly bands. Heavy rain can wash the white patches away, leaving a plain red cap.

Where it grows

Common with birch, pine and spruce. It often grows in the same woodland as Penny Bun because the two species can share host trees.

This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →

What else is out here now

The other species in this region, by today's index.

Fly Agaric in neighbouring regions

A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.