Eastern American Blusher - Amanita amerirubescens
This species is everywhere during the summer in Connecticut! This one was definitely past its prime - it had been eaten by slugs and was covered in springtails.
The wounds were red and the bottom of the stem was almost completely liquefied. It has an Orange-tan cap with remnants of yellowish volva present as warts. Cream colored gills. Stem had a pink hue.
Habitat: Growing on the ground in a deciduous 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 Jan 7, 2019. Captured Sep 1, 2018 10:09 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
