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Amanita pantherina var. velatipes.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Amanita pantherina var velatipes Mushroom
Ref No: 7026
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location: North America
edibility: Deadly
fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Ring on stem, Volva on stem, Bulbous base of stem
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Amanita pantherina var. velatipes (Atkinson) Jenkins Cap 7-18cm across, convex becoming flatter with a lined margin; creamy to whitish yellowish, darker in the center; smooth, sticky when moist, with virtually concentric rings of thin, flattened, cottony warts of whitish volval material. Gills free, close; white. Stem 80-200 x 8-20mm, hollow or stuffed and tapering slightly toward the top; white; smooth or finely hairy on the upper section, becoming strongly hairy and scaly toward the base; the white ring, which is above the middle of the stem, is often inverted and has a thickish, irregular edge that flares upward, then collapses and droops; the white oval-shaped basal bulb often has membranous woolly limbs with whitish cottony patches around its apex and the lower stem, and the volva sheaths the base of the stem like a stocking. Flesh thin. Spores broadly ellipsoid, nonamyloid, 7.9-13.2 x 6.3-7.9µ. Deposit white. Habitat singly or in small groups on the ground in mixed coniferous and deciduous woods. Frequent. Found in eastern North America. Season August. Poisonous possibly deadly.

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Ryan Williams (United States) - 27 September 2011

I had about 10 of these pop up all over my yard... Didnt think to much about it then i decided to see if i could find out what they were called... Never would have thought a pretty mushroom like this would be deadly...YIKES
Amanita pantherina var velatipes
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