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Spotting

Description:

Conical yellow capped mushroom, white stem

Habitat:

Woods/mountain (approx1900 ft elevation)

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4 Comments

RandyL.
RandyL. 8 years ago

Not that I'm ruling out section Vaginatae, like I said it's very hard to tell without seeing the entire mushroom.

RandyL.
RandyL. 8 years ago

It is an Amanita but I wouldn't put a species name on it without more information. I think it is probably from the section Caesareae (crocea would be from section Vaginatae).

Cheryl Taylor
Cheryl Taylor 8 years ago

Thank you CorduneanuVlad!

CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 8 years ago

I think this is Amanita crocea

Cheryl Taylor
Spotted by
Cheryl Taylor

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jun 24, 2015
Submitted on Jun 25, 2015

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