Amanita muscaria by Verbeley on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Gouache on paper.

Muchomor czerwony/ Fly agaric. Another of the September mushrooms. Amanita might be the mushroom one visualises, when having to imagine a mushroom, cause of course. It is common, beautiful and has aura of dramatic, being considered poisonous but also hallucinogenic, with wide history of ritualistic uses and rich symbolical meanings. Funny enough the Polish names literally means fly death, as apparently it was common in Europe to use it as a flykiller.

Photo reference by Paweł Kozioł, 2008, Wszechświat, Tom 109 Nr 7-9.