Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii)

October 18^th, 2014 

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii)

Walton County, Georgia

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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii)

October 15^th – 24th, 2014. This group of mushrooms were growing on the shoulder of the road in clay soil. There were three major elements to the arc so I followed each of them until they peaked and started to decay.

These mushrooms were growing in a shady area. Patches of sun would ‘hit’ the mushrooms occasionally but, mostly, they stayed in the shade which made photographing them somewhat challenging.

The arc…

The first element was closest to the road…

October 15^th. They were just buds. We had 3 inches of rain the night before I found them and some of the volva had washed off the cap.

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The second element was a single mushroom - although a second mushroom emerged - that wasn’t crowded by adjacent mushrooms.

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The third element of the arc was a cluster of mushrooms furthest from the road. Although this element had the largest number of mushrooms, they weren’t closely crowded.

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Based on descriptions, I identified these as either Amanita muscaria var. guessowii or var. persicina. According to Michael Kuo, the guessowii variant has shaggy ‘zones’ of universal veil material. These zones appear to be present on these mushrooms and I decided that these were probably Amanita muscaria var. guessowii. 

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Narrowleaf Silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia)

October 15th, 2014 

Narrowleaf Silkgrass (Pityopsis graminifolia) 

Walton County, Georgia 

Until this year, I hadn’t noticed that this wildflower grew near us. Only along a couple of roads but…

Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)

October 15th, 2014 

Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) 

Walton County, Georgia 

Almost the last of the Common Evening Primrose blooms of the year. But so pretty!

Blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)

October 13th, 2014 

Blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)

Walton County, Georgia

These plants were growing in the clay shoulder of the road and were somehow spared by the county mowers. I also saw some others growing in the grass on the shoulder of road elsewhere in the county.

Small White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa)

 

October 13th, 2014

Small White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa)

Walton County, Georgia

Red Morning Glory (Ipomoea coccinea)

 

October 13th, 2014

Red Morning Glory (Ipomoea coccinea) 

Walton County, Georgia  

Red Morning Glory (Ipomoea coccinea) vines were sharing the same embankment with the Purple Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) purple and white vines.