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

synonyms: Amanite porphyre, Bibor galoca, Grey Veiled Amanita, Porphyrbrauner Wulstling
Amanita porphyria Mushroom
Ref No: 7034
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Amanita porphyria2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7035
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Amanita porphyria3 Mushroom
Ref No: 7036
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Brown, Grey to beige
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 porphyria (Alb. & Schw. ex Fr.) Secr. Grey Veiled Amanita, Amanite porphyre, Porphyrbrauner Wulstling, Bibor galoca. Cap 5–9cm across, convex becoming flattened, pale greyish-brown with vinaceous flush, smooth. Stem 100–130 x 10–15mm, whitish, ring thin and fragile, basal bulb encased in a short volva. Flesh whitish becoming brown. Taste unpleasant, smell slight. Gills free to adnexed, white. Spore print white. Spores globose, amyloid, 7.5–9.5µ diameter. Habitat in coniferous or mixed woods. Season late summer to autumn. Occasional. Not edible many amanitas contain poisonous toxins -avoid. Distribution, north America and Europe.

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 26 July 2010

4.09.2005 bory sosnowe.Kalisz kaszubski.Poland
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