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Photo by Cheryl Taylor
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Field Notes

Description:

Conical yellow capped mushroom, white stem

Habitat:

Woods/mountain (approx1900 ft elevation)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
RandyL.
Not that I'm ruling out section Vaginatae, like I said it's very hard to tell without seeing the entire mushroom.
RandyL.
It is an Amanita but I wouldn't put a species name on it without more information. I think it is probably from the section Caesareae (crocea would be from section Vaginatae).
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PublishedJune 25, 2015

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