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Edibility
Toxic
Lookalike Danger
3 / 5
Habitat
🌲 Birch, pine
Season
Aug – Oct
"Golden-yellow version of the iconic red Amanita. Eastern NA color form. Same compounds, same warning."
This species is found with or partners with the following hosts. Ectomycorrhizal hosts (green border) form a root-level partnership; ericoid / arbutoid shrubs (purple border) share the same mycorrhizal networks.

Chaga, birch bolete, birch polypore host.

Matsutake, slippery jack, suillus host.
Yellow-capped variety of Amanita muscaria (var. guessowii or var. flavivolvata), common across North America — especially the Northeast and Rocky Mountains. Same ibotenic acid and muscimol toxins as the red-capped form. Do not eat.
Under birch, pine, spruce, and fir across North America. Summer through fall.
Min Soil Temp
50°F
Moisture Need
rain 0.5in 7d
Drought Tolerance
moderate
Elevation Range
0–13,800 ft
Choice edible but also a yellow-orange Amanita. Caesar's has NO warts on cap; yellow fly agaric has white warts.
Also inedible. Yellow cap with yellow warts (not white).
Birch, pine
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