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American Yellow Dust Amanita Beautiful mushroom with a large, yellow cap (~7cm) that had lighter yellow patches on it. The stem was yellow and had a yellowish ring. Free, white gills that had yellow edges. Amanita flavoconia,American Yellow Dust Amanita,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Yellow-dust Amanita,amanita,fungus,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

American Yellow Dust Amanita

Beautiful mushroom with a large, yellow cap (~7cm) that had lighter yellow patches on it. The stem was yellow and had a yellowish ring. Free, white gills that had yellow edges.

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"Amanita flavoconia" is a species of mushroom in the family Amanitaceae. It has an orangish-yellow cap with yellowish-orange patches or warts, a yellowish-orange annulus, and a white to orange stem. Common and widespread throughout eastern North America, "Amanita flavoconia" grows on the ground in broad-leaved and mixed forests, especially in mycorrhizal association with hemlock.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Feb 22, 2018. Captured Aug 4, 2017 10:49 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/83s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm