Do Amanita Muscaria mushrooms grow in central Florida??

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I've always wanted to see this awesome looking mushroom in real life but have never seen it. I've read that it grows in most temperate climates and that it can grow in northern florida but haven't read anything about it growing in central florida, or read anything about it NOT growing in central florida either. Technically central florida IS temperate though it is more subtropical temperate. So does anyone know if it does or does not grow here in central florida??
In case you don't know what mushroom I'm talking about, they are those "fairy tale" looking toadstools:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

http://www.erowid.org/plants/amanitas/a ... ages.shtml

I live in Citrus County which is in Central Florida and have a few in my backyard. Of Source they are very small and behind a bunch of canopy trees. However by the looks if it Northern Florida has more of those mushrooms. Like Gainesville or Tallahassee for example.