Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Amanita muscaria

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Amanita muscaria

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 13, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 12:40, 21 February 2013‎ (UTC)



Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Although it is generally considered poisonous, deaths from its consumption are extremely rare, and it is eaten as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia; however, such traditions are far less well documented.


 * We've got loads of bio articles so I am sprinkling them when I remember. I am also wondering how many hits this will get. If after March 9 will be at least one month since last fungus. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. A nice article about one of my favourite fungi - I remember going out to hunt for these when I was a kid. Prioryman (talk) 22:03, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Support Came across this article when I found them growing in the Kowen Forest near Canberra. It is a fabulous article. Hawkeye7 (talk) 22:36, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * 6 points (vital article, 2-year-old FA) and I will run it as soon as someone fixes the fact in Amanita muscaria and the 10 or so dead links. Nominators/supporters, don't forget this sort of thing, please ;-) Thank you! BencherliteTalk 22:40, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Deadlinks fixed and one tag addressed. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:06, 21 February 2013 (UTC)