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Status
Found scattered or in groups on ground in mixed forests.
Description
Cap: Gray-brown, convex (flatter in age), margin often lighter; covered with gray/grayish-white flocculose warts. Gills: White, crowded. Stalk: White, white ring, clavate/bulbous bulb with white/light gray hairs or fibrous/scaly volval remains (J. Solem, pers. comm.).
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Amanita excelsa in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2/2012). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Amanita excelsa (cap) in Howard Co., Maryland (8/4/2012).
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Spores collected from an Amanita excelsa specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (8/4/2012). Nearly round/broadly elliptical, smooth; measured 8.9-11.0 X 7.0-9.4 microns.
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Amanita excelsa in Howard Co., Maryland (8/2/2012). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Amanita excelsa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Amanitaceae |
Genus: | Amanita |
Species: | A. excelsa
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Binomial name | |
Amanita excelsa | |
Synonyms | |
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Amanita excelsa | |
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Cap is convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed | |
Edibility is inedible |
Amanita excelsa, also known as the European false blushing amanita,[1] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows in deciduous forests.[2]
Toxicity
[edit]Amanita excelsa var. alba is inedible.[3]
A. excelsa var. spissa is edible, but can easily be confused with the highly poisonous A. pantherina.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ Zhishu B, Zheng G, Taihui L (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-962-201-556-2.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.