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Fly Agaric

Photo by bonesnoff
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41.1982, -80.9794

Field Notes

Description:

Yellow cap with the trademark white spots, veiled, very strong mushroom odor. No prints taken.

Habitat:

Big ring of them under a low hanging stand of pine trees.

Notes:

Beautiful! some are nearly a foot across.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
bonesnoff
pretty sure it's a Amanita Formosa. but I'll look into gemmata as well.
AlexKonig
amanita sp. !!! maybe amanita gemmata

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PublishedAugust 28, 2011

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