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Amanita jacksonii
Large, orangish-red mushroom with a collar. Mushroom is approximately 3 to 4 inches in diameter and 4 to 5 inches in height.
Moist, deciduous forest in the midlands of South Carolina. Numerous oak, hickory, and related trees in immediate vicinity.
Is this False Caesars Mushroom (Amanita parcivolvata)? Observed in the Sumter National Forest near Modoc, SC (McCormick County)