 This iconic toadstool is a large white @-@ gilled , white @-@ spotted , usually red mushroom , and is one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture . Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised , including the brown regalis ( often considered a separate species ) , the yellow @-@ orange flavivolvata , guessowii , formosa , and the pinkish persicina . Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species . 
 This iconic toadstool is a large white @-@ gilled , white @-@ spotted , usually red mushroom , and <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture . Several subspecies with differing cap colour <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> been recognised , including the brown regalis ( often considered a separate species ) , the yellow @-@ orange flavivolvata , guessowii , formosa , and the pinkish persicina . Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a>may represent separate species . 
Dis iconic toadstool is a large white @-@ gilled , white @-@ spotted , usually red mushroom , and one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture . Several subspecies with differing cap colour done been recognised , including the brown regalis ( often considered a separate species ) , the yellow @-@ orange flavivolvata , guessowii , formosa , and da pinkish persicina . Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades may represent separate species .