Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
Yellow American Blusher (Amanita flavorubens)
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Yellow American Blusher

Amanita flavorubens

Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Agaricomycetidae > Agaricales > Pluteineae > Amanitaceae > Amanita


July 18th, 2023 Field Characteristics:

  • Growing gregariously in well-shaded, mixed oak/hickory woodland edge.
  • Nearby Trees: Black Oak, Northern Red Oak, Black Cherry, Chinkapin Oak, and distant Bur Oak.
  • Cap yellow with yellowish-brown central portions, adorned with removable yellow universal veil remnants. Margin finely lined.
  • Stipe light yellow with prominent annulus, becoming more yellow and scaly towards the base. Volva consists of multiple yellow squarrose rings on a bulbous base.
  • Basal mycelium white.
  • Slight red blushing on vovla.
  • Smell: Not distinctive
  • Taste: Not distinctive
  • KOH: Negative
  • Ammonia: Negative