Where’s Wildlife · Mushroom Field Guide
Amanita chrysoblema
Pronounced (approx.): am-uh-NY-tuh kris-oh-BLEE-muh
Yellow-orange caps carry numerous pale warts above a skirted stalk.
American Fly Agaric. Select the photo to browse the gallery. Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
NATIVE
Fruiting varies with local weather and habitat.
Yellow-orange cap with pale warts
Skirt-like ring on the stalk
Shaggy veil bands near the swollen stem base
Compare form, texture and growing surfaces in the photographs below.
These seven photographs are labeled Amanita chrysoblema, yellow-orange form. The cap, ring and basal veil bands support the American fly agaric identification.
Older references call this form Amanita muscaria var. guessowii. Other yellow amanitas differ in their stem-base structures; the separately photographed uncertain amanitas are not included.
Woodlands with hardwoods or conifers. Summer and fall.
The fungus associates with tree roots; the visible cap and stalk are its spore-producing fruiting body.
Yellow-orange cap with pale warts.
Shaggy veil bands near the swollen stem base.
The label follows the identification level stated above.
These photographs were taken in Illinois or Wisconsin; the exact location of each image is unconfirmed. The observation map provides wider context.
Explore reported sightings on iNaturalist. Observation records are not a complete range map.
Photographs © Where’s Wildlife.
Identification notes & comments
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