American Yellow Dust Amanita - Amanita flavoconia
Cap was about 3-4 cm diameter, orange, flat, very dry, and covered in scattered warts.The gills were free, close, and white. The stem was yellow, ended in a slightly enlarged base, and had a skirt-like, yellow ring.
Habitat: growing on the ground in a deciduous 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 Oct 19, 2019. Captured Jul 5, 2019 09:40 in 5 Old Middle St, Goshen, CT 06756, USA.
