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BlusherAmanita rubescens

conditionally edible

BlusherAmanita rubescens

Photo: (c) Oleksii Vasyliuk, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Habitat

mixed forests

deciduous forests

under spruce

under pines

under oaks

beech forests

Season

from June to October

Amanitaceae

5–15 cm

Season

Out of seasonOut of season. It usually grows from late June to mid-October.

Today · 22–28 Octout of season

how often reportedpeak

Season

Jun–Oct

Peak

Jul–Sep

Reports

991from Poland

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Death Cap grows at the same time

Both species grow together for about 13 wk a year. Most strongly from mid-August to mid-September.

Muchomor plamistyIn the forest together about 13 wk a year.

Muchomor czerwonyIn the forest together about 7 wk a year.

Curve from 991 observations (iNaturalist, Poland), smoothed week by week. It shows when foragers most often report the species, not how much of it grows.

Key features

Cap pinkish brown to wine red, covered with grayish, dirty pink warts from the veil; margin not striate. Stem white and pink with a striate ring and a weakly developed bulbous base; when cut and where damaged, the flesh clearly turns pink, eventually red, which is a diagnostic feature. Poisonous raw (hemolysins), edible only after thorough heat treatment.

Similar (be careful)Confusions documented in our database

DeathcapAmanita phalloides

deadly

The blusher has flesh that clearly turns red; the Deathcap does not redden, has an olive cap and a volva at the base. Press/cut the flesh.

Fly AgaricAmanita muscaria

toxic

The blusher has a PINKISH-BROWN cap with gray/pink scales and reddening flesh; the Fly Agaric has a bright red cap with white scales and does not change color.

PanthercapAmanita pantherina

toxic

The blusher has flesh that reddens when damaged and cream scales; the Panthercap has WHITE scales, its flesh does not redden, and its ring is smooth (without striations). Check the damaged flesh.

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