Amanita attracting flies and maggots.

[Alfa]

A friend of mine went hunting for Amanita muscarias and came back with a bunch, dried them and it turned out that the had little worms in them. Not in one, but in all. It seems they are all lost. Anyone know if he can get rid of them and safe some fly agarics?

[Phungushead]

Apparently flies are attracted to amanitas... which is kind of interesting
since ibotenic acid is a strong fly killer. Tons of people just dry them
out and eat them anyway, maggots and all... the maggots themselves
aren't poisonous (I'd be more worried about bacteria from their shit
than anything). So I guess the general consensus on it depends on
whether or not you mind a little extra protein with your mushrooms...
Way to nasty for me...

This probably won't help because the mushrooms are already dried, but
blowing into the gills supposedly works to make them leave. And
commercial growers use CO2 to get rid of gross little bugs (don't know
how exactly it works though).

[Alfa]

Does anyone know which compound in amanita muscaria attracts flies to FlyAgaric?

[Ninja Master]

alfa, its a fungus. it attracts gnats flys and all kinds of shit
naturaly. the "strong" fly killer must be so low in concentration
that it wont kill flys. infact muscaria does nothing untill mixed
with milk. i have an idea that the souring milk attracts the flys
and kills them due to drowning. i think the fly story is just a
heap of shit honestly. flys love muscaria, just like i do!
buzz buzz

[Phungushead]

This is from this link: http://waynesword.palomar.edu/chemid2.htm

10. Muscarine Alkaloids: Single carbon ring
containing oxygen and one nitrogen (N). This group of alkaloids includes
muscimol (sometimes spelled muscimole), which is derived from ibotenic acid--an
amino acid. Muscimol is found in the bright red fly agaric mushroom (Amanita
muscaria), so named because of its toxicity to flies. In Europe the
mushrooms were reportedly left in open dishes to kill flies; however, according
to some authorities, the flies are merely stunned or stupefied by the toxin, and
may even regain control and fly away. Although it is poisonous to humans, there
are other species of Amanita that are much more dangerous and are
potentially lethal if ingested. Some of these dangerously poisonous species are
death cap (A. phalloides), death angel (A. ocreata), and panther
amanita (A. pantherina).