11 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Convex, then flattened, smooth, covered with wart-like veil remnants, margin ragged, whitish, to about 15 cm across Gills Free, broad, whitish to light brown, sometimes with a green or yellow tinge Stem Tapered upwards, scaly towards the base, ring fleshy and pendulous, deeply rooting, white Flesh Firm, white, sometimes with a greenish tinge in the stem base Smell Unpleasant Taste Do not taste Season Autumn Distribution Rare Habitat In deciduous woods Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, amyloid (9.5-11.5) x (6.5-8) µm2 Edibility Poisonous Notes This species could be confused with Amanita strobiliformis 
11 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores in Melzer's solution viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 11 September 2020 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On calcareous soil with Common Rock Rose and scrub Hawthorn. 4 November 2007 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
4 November 2007 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |