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By grrlscientist on November 9, 2006.

Mushroom, unknown species.
East Tennessee.

Image: CS Davis, a reader's father.

Can any of the readers identify the species?

If you have a high-resolution digitized nature image that you'd like to share with your fellow readers, feel free to email it to me, along with information about the image and how you'd like it to be credited.

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I can't regognise it, but you might find it on Tom Volk's page. And if not, I'm sure you'll find something else interesting: it's a fun site to browse when bored. There's even some smut.

Bob

Is this Amanita Muscaria , by any chance? The page says, that

Although the characteristic white warts are usually present, they may be washed away after a heavy rain.

If it is, you might want to be careful about eating it.

if i had money to wager, i'd bet very high on the amanita genus, and i'm guessing amanita caesaria.
Please don't eat it! :). You know the rule
There are old mushroom hunters, and bold mushroom hunters, but no old bold mushroom hunters.

Bob O'H: "There's even some smut"

You forgot the smut-link, wise guy. :-)

By David Harmon (not verified) on 10 Nov 2006 #permalink

David: you went searching for it. :-)

Bob

I would think this is Amanita muscaria. I've never seen a caesaria, but we have lots of muscaria and pantherina around here. However, I live in the Pacific Northwest, and not East Tennessee, so I don't know what the relative abundances of those species are there.

Doesn't the Amanita muscaria have little white spots, or do those appear later in its life?