{"id":3858,"date":"2016-02-20T17:53:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T22:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=3858"},"modified":"2016-02-26T09:54:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T14:54:34","slug":"amanita-muscaria-var-guessowii-american-eastern-yellow-fly-agaric-mushroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/amanita-muscaria-var-guessowii-american-eastern-yellow-fly-agaric-mushroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanita muscaria var. guessowii \/ American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric Mushroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Eastern Yellow Fly Agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii) appear during periods of high humidity in our conifer forests, often growing under white pine or eastern hemlock trees.<\/p>\n

It’s characterized by white gills and stem, a white spore print, warts on the cap which easily wash or rub off, a membranous partial veil that leaves a distinct membranous mid-stem ring and remains of the universal veil seen as three small rings of tissue just at the enlarged stem base. The yellow\/orange color, which often has a metallic shine, stands out among leaf litter on the forest floor. <\/p>\n

The red Fly Agaric is the typical colorful toadstool seen in children\u2019s books. All varieties are poisonous and some have hallucinogenic properties. The North American variety is not a hallucinogen but is poisonous so do not touch or eat it. <\/p>\n

The common name “Fly Agaric” refers to the fact that in the Middle Ages Europeans learned that the mushroom crushed in a saucer of milk would attract flies that would become stupefied and drown. In some parts of the world, Amanita muscaria is still used as an insecticide. <\/p>\n

Photos of the Yellow Fly Agaric Mushroom<\/h3>\n