| Amanita boudieri Barla |
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New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Amanitaceae Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Amanitaceae [sub-genus:Lepidella section:Lepidella ] synonyms: Amanita baccata
edibility : poisonous
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The cap is white to pale ochre grey; its margin is with white veil remnants. The cap surface is spotted with white flakes, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is rooting, bulbous, with a fragile ring, striate above. The flesh is white, turning red-brown when pressed; the odour is pleasant, nutty; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, free, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, under pines, on sandy Mediterranean coasts, on a rather sandy soil, with stone pine. The fruiting period takes place from March to November.
Distinctive features : flesh becoming reddish-brown when pressed; ring with a consistency of cream; Mediterranean species, in spring Amanita boudieri is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is rare, more generally speaking .
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