Monday, November 11, 2013

Amanita ovoidea. Bearded Amanita.

White, pale ivory floccose-appendiculate cap margin
(from fragments of the partial veil). 
Creamy to touch.

The stem is covered with tufts of soft hair - "floccose" - with the consistency of lightly whipped cream. 
  
10-20/30 cm wide cap.
Note the floccose-appendiculate cap margin.

Edible but said to be unpleasant.
Can be mistaken for the poisonous Amanita proxima
(However, both immature and mature specimens of the A. proxima have a brownish volva).

Found in Andalucia, Spain.

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