Promoted
Blusher Mushroom - Amanita amerirubescens
Conical cap with densely spaced warts. Cap was tan with some pink spots. Gills were white and close with frequent short gills. The stipe had a bulbous base, was shaggy, and had pinkish red stains.
Growing on the ground in a swampy, mixed forest.
Cap: Grows up to 120 mm wide. Color varies from pale yellowish-tan or pale tannish-yellow at first, but eventually turn brown or umbrinous. Wounds are reddish-brown. The cap is tacky and broadly conic at first, then finally planar in maturity. Remnants of volva are present as warts, which are subpyramidal and easily removed.
Similar species: Agaricales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Jul 18, 2018. Captured Jul 17, 2018 09:42 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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