American Yellow Dust Amanita - Amanita flavoconia
Cap was about 5 cm diameter, orange, flat, and sticky. The gills were free, close, and white. The stems were yellow and ended in a slightly enlarged base, and had a skirtlike, yellowish ring.
They were growing on the ground in moss in a mixed forest.
"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
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Sep 12, 2018. Captured Jul 19, 2018 10:55 in Main, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
