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Amanita flavoconia

Amanita flavoconia

Photo by LucBertrand
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Description:

The cap surface is smooth and sticky (viscid) beneath the warts; the edge of the cap is striate, reflecting the arrangement of the gills underneath. The flesh is white. The gills are barely free from the stem, and packed close together. They are white or tinged yellow on the edges, and initially covered with a yellowish partial veil. The stem is typically 5.5 to 11.5 cm (2.2 to 4.5 in) long by 0.7 to 1.4 cm (0.3 to 0.6 in) thick,[10] equal or slightly tapered upward from a small rounded bulb at the base. Its color may range from white to yellowish orange, and the surface may be smooth, or covered with small flakes.

Habitat:

A common mycorrhizal mushroom, Amanita flavoconia grows solitary or in groups on the ground in the summer to the fall, in broad-leaved and mixed woods. Noted for preferring hemlock, it is also associated with high elevation red spruce forests.

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PublishedSeptember 13, 2011

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