Canyon Park Cabin

The Fly Agaric. They seem to pop up every year in the same area in September. They’re cool, and we always try and get some photos.

We’ve just refered to them as fly agaric but doing some research we find that there may be some confusion about the scientific name, see the next paragraph.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Amanita muscaria var. guessowii is the common, bright yellow and/or yellow and orange fly agaric of eastern North America. The European name A. muscaria var. formosa Pers. has been mistakenly applied to this taxon. R.E. Tulloss

The spot where they grow appears to be a small built-up campsite from back in the day. It has some sapling’s and a few larger trees on it. It’s almost a peninsula, it juts out about 20 feet towards the swampy area in the canyon. The east side of the site is just off the road.

The agaric pop up overnight in the dryer area along the road and they seem to be around for 10-14 days once they appear.

We are going to have to mark this area, so that traffic doesn’t interfere with growing of this very nice looking fungus!