American Yellow Fly Agaric

Since the weather has finally cooled down in southeast Michigan, and with all the rain we’ve had recently, I’m finding more mushrooms in the woods when I’m out birding.

Mushrooms on the ground near decaying leaves, at the base of trees, as well as nestled in the V of dead limbs of deciduous trees in the woods.

Including this yellow mushroom, which I’ve seen increasing in numbers under the white pines at Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Michigan.