Family: Amanitaceae
Amanita muscaria var. "formosa"
Yellow Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria var. "formosa" | Copper River Highway
KEY ID FEATURES
- Growing with conifers, extremely similar to Amanita muscaria.
- Medium-to-large fruitbodies. Whitish flesh often with yellow highlights.
- Cap yellow, creamy-yellow, light metallic yellow almost to a pale copper. Margin striate.
- White-to-yellowish "warts" (universal veil remnants) frequently present on cap.
- Gills white to creamy, adnexed to free. Can be crowded.
- Stem often with partial veil remnants (skirt). Bulbous "cup" or vulva at stem base (normally undeground).
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal with conifers
SPORE PRINT: White
EDIBILITY: Unknown, likely toxic
SIMILAR SPECIES: Amanita muscaria, Amanita "gemmata", Amanita pantherina
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-161-14
- LOCATION: Mile 18, Copper River Highway, Cordova AK
- DATE: 31-Aug-14
- NOTES: Creamy-yellow cap, thick white warts, lots of bands on lower stipe. Growing under spruce and hemlock on road side.
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