Sunshine Amanita

Amanita aprica J.Lindgr. & Tulloss

Safety first

This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Amanita aprica

Classification from Wikipedia: Amanita aprica. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Photo: T. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: jerryn. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: jerryn. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Steve Taylor. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Recorded observations of Sunshine Amanita by month
Month	Records
January	1
February	5
March	5
April	26
May	64
June	44
July	8
August	122
September	7
October	4
November	1
December	4

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

British Columbia 62 records · Foraging rules
California 39 records · Foraging rules
Washington 36 records · Foraging rules
Oregon 19 records · Foraging rules
Montana 1 records · Foraging rules
Idaho 1 records · Foraging rules
Utah 1 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Cap shape	flat
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	gills
Ecology	mycorrhizal
Stem features	ring and volva
Spore print color	white

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Amanita aprica, also known as the sunshine amanita, is a toxic species of fungus in the family Amanitaceae. The species has a yellow to orange cap with warty remnants of the whitish universal veil. The gills are pale, as is the stipe, which may be wider at the base. A skirt-like ring may be present, especially on younger specimens. Described as new to science in 2005, the species is found in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where it grows in a mycorrhizal association with Douglas-fir and pines.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.

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