Fairy Tale Warning
With its charming red cap sprinkled with perfect white polka dots, this storybook mushroom looks plucked straight from a woodland fairy tale. But don’t be fooled by its playful disguise—this is Amanita muscaria, beautiful but dangerously toxic. Beloved in myth and magic, feared in reality, it reminds us that not everything enchanting is safe to touch. A caution whispered from the forest floor.