Amanita

Wherever there is cryptology, there is espionage and there are deadly poisons. Several species of Amanita are to be found in the area. These are naturally present in the boreal forest and tundra, where the mycelia are in symbiosis with rich beds of moss, birches and spruces.

Aerobic exercise, adequate fluid intake, abstinence from alcohol, and a well-balanced diet of fresh foods are crucial to building up and maintaining the body's resistance and immunity to the toxins in these mushrooms which will inevitably be encountered by accident in minute doses out in the woods.

Death caps and destroying angels are, well, deadly. Fly agarics are poisonous, but claims that they are hallucinogenic are probably highly overrated. Deadly amanitas have a very faint, sickly sweet, earthy or musty odor that becomes very sharp and acrid. A walk in the woods hunting mushrooms should be a healthful, relatively safe activity. Observe, breathe fresh air, and also watch out for wildlife and big game but otherwise do not pick or eat or sniff poisonous mushrooms.

There is a faint, sickly sweet, earthy odor of death or decay at first, and within a few seconds, it undergoes a chemical reacti,obecomes acrid, d burns like a caustic acid in one's nostrils, and causes a stomachache similar to cyanide poisoning.

And these mushrooms all have their uses. The mycelia of any or all of them, growing in thick beds of moss on a healthy boreal forest floor, have long been used as fine soft toilet paper or sanitary or baby wipes in woodland emergencies, and taking care to handle them in a manner of handling filth, one should not be poisoned by them. Fly agarics are thought to kill flies and mosquitoes.

Death cap

Destroying angel

Fly agaric