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Photo by Shirley6
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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow mushroom with an orange circle on the center top is about two inches tall with mostly deep, uniform gills. The edges of this mushroom top are inverted above the center.

Habitat:

Spotted in a Southern Middle Tennessee yard after 3 days of rain.

Species ID Suggestions

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I think it may be Amanita lanei: http://bobkellerphoto.com/images/Coccoli_Amanita_lanei.jpg or Amanita muscaria: http://www.brilliantcreation.org/fileadmin/win/sc/photos/3/funghi/yellow_fly_agaric.jpg A. lanei most closely resembles yours in an quick image search except that yours lack the white veil on top. A. muscaria varies more, but mushrooms can and do vary in appearance quite a bit. I'm not sure which one of the two it is, but A. muscaria is poisonous and hallucinogenic, so don't mess with it. Also, the location on your spotting needs to be adjusted. The map pin is in Algeria.

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