Fly Agaric

At the moment you can find these at the roots of the trees. It is a "kärpässieni", "Fly agaric" which is poisonous. It is easy to recognize and only rarely poisonous enough to kill.

Its white cousin "valkokärpässieni", the "European destroying angel" can also be found in Finland. It can be mixed up with some edible fungus, but it is deadly poisonous. Every now and then someone accidently pics it up, eats it and gets seriously ill...or even dies. Do not collect or eat any fungus that you don't know for sure.