My entry to #shadowhunters contest Round 177 hosted by 
I looked out the kitchen window to see this orange topped splendid looking mushroom between the two spruce trees.
Grabbing my trusty Canon I went outside to get a closer look. Although shaded by the two spruce trees it was still making a nice shadow.
This Orange Amanita may not be edible and may be of the psychoactive species.
Although it was beckoning me from the window, I didn鈥檛 feel like trying any mind altering mushrooms and test it out. I saw there was a nibble out of it so perhaps some of the wildlife are having a party.:))
Amanita flavoconia Identification and Description
Cap: Small to medium-size, orange to orange-yellow, bell-shaped when young, becoming flat or nearly so with age, sticky when wet. May or may not have small, yellowish patches (rather like flecks of dried oatmeal, except for the color) on top. The interior flesh is white.
Gills: White, sometimes with a yellowish powder鈥攖his powder is not the spores鈥攁nd somewhat crowded. Either not attached to the stem or only narrowly attached.
Stem: Proportionate to the cap, long and thin. Pale yellow. There is a yellow skirt of tissue part-way up, but this shrivels fairly quickly and may be gone from older specimens. The base of the stem is slightly enlarged and may be dotted with yellow flecks or powder.
Smell: Not distinctive for ID purposes.
Taste: Not described.
Spores: Ellipsoid, smooth.
Spore color: White, but spore prints may be yellowish because of the powder on the gills.
Edibility: Not known (and not recommended).
Habitat: Grows in mycorrhizal partnership with a number of tree species, both hardwoods and conifers. Fruits from the ground near partner trees, either singly or in groups
Source
The underside of the mushroom.
Other mushrooms near the Orange Amanita
This one is turning to mush.
#alwaysaflower
On my way back to the house I saw the Mallow (Grandma鈥檚) flowers were in bloom with a little bee on one. I was surprised and worried there are so few bees this years. Normally these flowers would be buzzing with bees.
Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6
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