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MINNESOTA MUSHROOMS 



Amanita frostiana Frost's Amanita 



Cap small, 3-6 cm. wide, bright yellow or orange, with wart-like scales or 

 occasionally nearly smooth, margin striate, convex to plane ; stem 5-8 cm. tall, 



Figure 4. Amanita muscaria 

 Deadly! 



white or yellow, bulbous, stuffed, ring delicate, often disappearing, v o 1 v a a delicate 

 margin on the bulbous base, or consisting of a few yellowish scales ; gills white or 

 yellowish; spores globose, 8-10/i,. Infrequent; poisonous. 



