[Mycology] Re: Please help identify this fungi...

[Mycos]

Without any doubt whatsoever.


         Gary Williams


August Pamplona wrote:
> Robert McCormick wrote:
> 
>> Hello, I found a mushroom growing in a pile of rotting wood chips
>> under an evergreen shrub in Seattle, Wa. I was hoping someone could
>> tell me what this critter is, exactly!  Ahem....The domed cap is dark
>> orange, approx. the size of  half a grapefruit and covered in raised,
>> off-white  markings;   the stem is white and smooth. The specimen I
>> found is 15 cm in length. Here is a link to the photo I took:
>>
>> http://rapidshare.de/files/7837472/IMG_1020.jpg
>>
>> Thanks for your time, Steve Z.
> 
> 
>         Can it even be anything other than Amanita muscaria?
> 
> http://images.google.com/images?q=%22amanita%20muscaria%22
> 
> August Pamplona