The American Blusher is a mycorrhizal mushroom that can be found in Oak and Pine-dominated woods mostly during the summer but also into early fall. It is a gilled mushroom that can be found in the soil, has large membranous skirt, and has a bulbous base without a volva. It stains red.

This species hasn't been described formally in North America yet, and is under the provisional name Amanita "rubescens-02".

July 24, 2023 Field Characteristics

• Growing solitarily in open mixed oak/hickory woodland, near edge.
• Nearby Trees: Black Oak, Bur Oak, Eastern Red Cedar, American Hackberry, Ash and Black Walnut.
• Cap tan with reddish hues, also adorned with tan universal veil remnants (easily removable).
• Lamellae white and crowded, staining red.
• Margin staining red (lightly).
• Stipe thick, with prominent annulus, bruising reddish from top 1/4 down to base.
• Volva tan concentric bands on a swollen base, with white basal mycelium.
• Smell: not distinctive.
• Taste: pleasant, almost nutty.