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American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria var. guessowii

Photo by boingercat
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Field Notes

Description:

We saw these guys poking up through a mossy field area between a pond and a road.

Species ID Suggestions

American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria var. guessowii

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Comments (2)
boingercat
Thanks! Great quote (yellower they are...). Isn't fly agaric what the Bezerkers ate in Viking times to give them the behavior for which they are so well known?
HemaShah
Beautiful mushrooms!! But yellower they are ,the more poisonous they are!

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PublishedJuly 15, 2011

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