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Peach-Colored Fly Agaric

Amanita persicina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 89, February 97, March 90, April 132, May 107, June 65, July 54, August 52, September 70, October 256, November 187, December 174.
United States4,995
Georgia1,280
Alabama768
North Carolina676
Mississippi497
South Carolina490
Louisiana318
Texas282
Virginia119
Tennessee102

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

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