You can distinguish this inedible, but still not poisonous mushroom by several signs at once, the observation of which will allow you to complete a mushroom hunt without incident.
The cap of the toadstool-like fly agaric is rather fleshy to the touch and thick, in an adult mushroom it is almost flat, like a saucer. Its color is yellow, sometimes with a gray or green tint, often with pronounced white flakes.
The mushroom pulp, in turn, is white or slightly yellowish. It is believed that at the site of the break, it smells like raw potatoes. The leg of the toadstool fly agaric is almost completely hollow, with a slight thickening at the base, faded yellow. The mushroom plates are also white, with small remnants of a yellowish bedspread.
It is believed that this type of fly agaric grows only in deciduous forests, often adjacent to mighty oaks, but there is also evidence of the residence of this species in coniferous forests. The grebe-like fly agaric prefers warm and partially open areas. It can grow in mountainous regions, it is found everywhere in Eurasia, in North America, as well as in North American countries.
Typical growth times are from late August to mid-October. Outwardly, it is the toadstool-like fly agaric that is very similar to the pale toadstool and the gray fly agaric. But all three of these types of mushrooms are not suitable for human consumption, so only a very meticulous mushroom hunter needs to distinguish them.
