Family: Amanitaceae
Amanita muscaria
(L.) Lam.
Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria | Iditarod Trail, Girdwood
KEY ID FEATURES
- Growing with conifers, Boletus edulis often in vicinity.
- Medium-to-large fruitbodies with the occasional massive capped specimen.
- Cap brilliant red-to-muted red, reddish-orange, somtimes yellow at the perimeter. Rain can really wash out the color. Margin striate.
- White-to-yellowish "warts" (universal veil remnants) frequently present on cap.
- Gills white-to-creamy, adnexed-to-free.
- Stem often with partial veil remnants (skirt). Bulbous "cup" or vulva at stem base (normally undeground).
- Whitish flesh often with yellow highlights.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal with conifers
SPORE PRINT: White
EDIBILITY: Toxic
SIMILAR SPECIES: Amanita muscaria var. "formosa"
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-155-14
- LOCATION: Iditarod Trail-Girdwood
- DATE: 01-Sep-14
- NOTES: Red cap, white warts, sulcate margin, small to large sized. Under spruce and mountain and western hemlock.
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