When I was outside today, I found two new (to me anyway) mushrooms growing near a pine tree.
I don’t know Jack about mushrooms so I’m a student at best. Although I have had some formal training on the topic. All I can tell you is my best researched guess.
So after researching this new mushroom, I determined that the peach colored fly agaric was my most obvious and best guess.
According to Wikipedia, the Amanita persicina, commonly known as the peach-colored fly agaric, is a basidiomycetefungus of the genus Amanita with a peach-colored center. Until c. 2015, the fungus was believed to be a variety of A. muscaria.
This variant may be distinguished from A. muscaria by its peach-colored center and its eastern North American distribution. It was elevated to species status in 2015 by Tulloss & Geml.
The habitat of this mushroom can be found in forests and forest edges, especially near pines or oaks. This fungus exists in a symbiotic relationship with a host tree’s roots, helping it absorb water and nutrients while the tree provides the fungus with sugars and amino acids. Fruitbodies will be found coming up from the ground beneath the host tree.
The fungus is common in the southeast United States, from Texas to Georgia, and north to New Jersey.
The peach-colored fly agaric is a highly toxic mushroom. Surprisingly, people do eat it, and consume it for its psychoactive properties.
This species contains variable amounts of the neurotoxic compound ibotenic acid and the psychoactive compound muscimol.
The most common symptoms of poisoning include excessive salivation, urination, defecation, gastrointestinal problems, decreased blood pressure, and profuse sweating. Death can occur due to respiratory system failure.
The cap is 4–13 centimetres (1+1⁄2–5 inches)wide, hemispheric to convex when young, becoming plano-convex to plano-depressed in age. It is pinkish-melon-colored to peach-orange, sometimes pastel red towards the disc.
The gills are free, crowded, moderately broad, creamy with a pale pinkish tint, and have a very floccose edge. They are abruptly truncate.
The stipe is 4–10.5 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, and more or less equal or narrowing upwards and slightly flaring at the apex.
Here is the video of the mushrooms that I found:
As with all mushrooms, your safety is important. Unless you know what it is without a doubt, I wouldn’t recommend eating any wild mushrooms. It’s a mistake that you might only make once. Stay safe and have fun out in the woods.
References:
https://picturemushroom.com/wiki/Amanita_persicina.html
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Amanita_persicina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_persicina
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