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
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