Planche III from Léon Dufour's Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux, Paris 1891 — Fly Agaric · Amanita muscaria · Amanite tue-mouches · marked poisonous, 1891

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    Dufour · Paris 1891

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    Kiener · Paris

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    Redouté · Paris

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