Yellow Fly Agaric
Originally published at The Mossy Skull. Please leave any comments there.
Amanita muscaria formosa
Found these growing in spongy, mossy soil, a mix of pine needles and oak leaves, at an altitude of about 500 feet, on the east side of the Pocumtuck Ridge.
If you haven’t read the Wikipedia entry for fly agaric, do it. Crazy and fascinating stuff.