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Amanita crocea.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Orange Grisette, Orangebrauner Scheidenstreifling
Amanita crocea Mushroom
Ref No: 6954
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Amanita crocea2 Mushroom
Ref No: 6955
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Amanita crocea3 Mushroom
Ref No: 6956
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Orange
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Volva on stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Amanita crocea (Quél.) Kühn. & Romagn. syn. A. vaginata var. crocea Quél. syn. Amanitopsis crocea (Quél.) Gilbert Orange Grisette Orangebrauner Scheidenstreifling Cap 4–10cm across, convex becoming flattened or turning up at margin, with a broad umbo, pale yellow orange or apricot at centre, paler towards the lined margin. Stem 100–150 x 10–20mm, gradually attenuated towards the apex, covered in silky or cottony tufts of the cap colour throughout the length, the non-bulbous base encased in a thick, persistent volva which is white on the outside and flushed with the cap colour on the interior surface, no ring. Flesh thin, white often pale orange below the cap cuticle. Smell sweet, taste sweet and nutty. Gills adnexed or free, cream. Spore print white. Spores subglobose, nonamyloid, 11–12.5 x 9–10µ. Habitat amongst broadleaved trees especially birch. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional. Not known to be edible -best avoided. (Never eat any mushroom until you are certain it is edible as many are poisonous and some are deadly poisonous.) Found In Europe and north America from New York west to Colorado.

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