Image Description: This mushroom growing in all those pine needles may seem out of place, but the fly agaric mushroom has a symbiotic relationship with cedar, fir, birch, pine, and spruce trees, and can often be found growing beneath them. Fly agaric mushrooms normally have a bright red cap with very white spots, a look that easily makes it one of the most recognizable mushrooms in the world, although the spots can sometimes wash off in heavy rain. In some areas of Asia, North America, and Europe, the fly agaric is parboiled and eaten as food, with the parboiling negating the psychoactive properties of the mushroom.

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