Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita
Amanita muscaria
Amanitaceae - Amanita Family


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Logan Canyon
mushrom amanita


Guardsman Pass Road
amanita


Guardsman Pass Road
amanita

Photo Details - ©Dale Nielson, © Nicky Davis
1. Located in Logan Canyon © Dale Nielson
2., 3. Located 2 September 2014 along Guardsman Pass Road, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah © Nicky Davis

Per Wikipedia.org  - White-gilled, white spotted usually with a red cap but has subspecies of varying color such as brown (regalis) and yellow-orange (flavivolvata).
Poisonous or psychoactive
Associates with deciduous and coniferous trees
 "After parboiling which removes the mushroom's psychoactive substances, it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia and North America".



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