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Amanita sp. (A. elongata possibly) growing from soil near creek in mixed woods. Yellow cap with striated margins, orange towards the center. Gills white and close. Stipe white with a yellow area in the center, near the frail white annulus. Base of stipe is slightly bulbous, but no volva or cup remnants.
Collected. In grass on the forest edge. Mixed hardwood and a few hemlock in the woods.
This was a absolutely massive russula that my daughter, Ivy, found but another participant collected and brought back to the tables. I would estimate that this specimen was about 6 to 7 in wide on the cap and the stem was about an inch and a half wide and about 4 in tall. It weighed white a lot as well. One of the biggest and heaviest Russula that I've ever seen. It was found on the multi-use trail.
Growing on hardwood debris I think. Oak, hemlock, and birch present
Hardwoods
On a campfire mound. Maybe Peziza petersii?
Corrugated cap, purple tones. Hardwoods.