IDENTIFICATIONS: Amanita flavoconia-03
Habitat: hemlock fir spruce beech
Substrate: soil
To be seqenced. Collection # A-006. This may be A. spreta, but there where some extremely tiny specimens here so I wanted more info
On forest floor/litter in an old-growth Eastern hemlock stand.
Basidiospores amyloid.
On humus under mature hemlock & maple in an old-growth Eastern hemlock stand.
Growing from soil in mixed wood forest.
Photos taken 24 hours apart. Second photo shows what happens if F. septica is rained on at a critical moment.
Spruce log. F. septica I expect. There'd been heavy rain several times in the previous 24 hours. Vouchered. JET24.06.24_01