an overhead view of a mature specimen of The Classic fly agaric, a rich, almost unnatural red with white speckles, surrounded by grass, oak leaves and acorns, and a bit glistening from the rain

a close-up of The Classic fly agaric, in a relatively young stage, about the size of a golf ball, but red with all the white spots, surrounded by oak leaves

The Classic fly agaric, same grove in the same needle-strewn floor, a variety of colors on the umbrella caps - reds, oranges, and a sickly bleached yellow-white

The Classic fly agaric on a very pine needle cluttered urban forest floor, one large orange umbrella hovering over a smaller, younger red cap, almost like a mother protecting her child

an overhead view of a mature specimen of The Classic fly agaric, a rich, almost unnatural red with white speckles, surrounded by grass, oak leaves and acorns, and a bit glistening from the rain

a close-up of The Classic fly agaric, in a relatively young stage, about the size of a golf ball, but red with all the white spots, surrounded by oak leaves

The Classic fly agaric, same grove in the same needle-strewn floor, a variety of colors on the umbrella caps - reds, oranges, and a sickly bleached yellow-white

The Classic fly agaric on a very pine needle cluttered urban forest floor, one large orange umbrella hovering over a smaller, younger red cap, almost like a mother protecting her child

A closeup photograph of a small, relatively tall mushroom in a sea of moss. The mushroom has a tall slim stem and a rounded conical cap, brown towards the center and white around the edge, with radial stripes. towards the left is a slender reddish sporophyte of some moss, with a series of small water drops along its stem. the rest of the foreground is a sea of green moss, sloping down towards the lower right corner. The background is entirely blurred, quite uniform and deep green.

A closeup photograph of a small, relatively tall mushroom in a sea of moss. The mushroom has a tall slim stem and a rounded conical cap, brown towards the center and white around the edge, with radial stripes. towards the left is a slender reddish sporophyte of some moss, with a series of small water drops along its stem. the rest of the foreground is a sea of green moss, sloping down towards the lower right corner. The background is entirely blurred, quite uniform and deep green.

From a gray-brown decaying pine log arise about a dozen tan and cream-colored mushrooms. This is a close-up side view. Each has a short slender stalk that is topped with a fuzzy loop, not a cone. On the right, most of them are in a bunch. Some you can see the tops and there actually appears to be a loop that comes from the stalk at one point.