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Yellow-dust Amanita - Amanita flavoconia Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed, but mostly coniferous forest. Amanita flavoconia,Geotagged,Summer,United States,Yellow-dust Amanita,amanita,mushrooms Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Yellow-dust Amanita - Amanita flavoconia

Habitat: Growing on the ground in a mixed, but mostly coniferous forest.

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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 Jan 16, 2019. Captured Sep 5, 2018 09:55 in 1563 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm