Amanita mairei    Foley 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Amanitaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Agaricales/Amanitaceae [sub-genus:Amanitopsis section:Amanitopsis ]  

edibility : edible if well cooked

photo gallery of Amanita mairei
photo gallery of Amanita mairei potential confusions with Amanita mairei toxicity of Amanita mairei genus Amanita  

The cap is grey, with a central umbo; its margin is striate. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is smooth, with a white sheathing volva, without ring.

The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is not distinctive; its texture is fibrous.

The gills are white, free, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in meadows and broad-leaved woods.

The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 8 cm (between 4 and 15 cm)
  height of stem approximately 11 cm (between 4 and 20 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 14 mm (between 10 and 20 mm)

Distinctive features : grey cap, without umbo, often with white veil remains and a striate margin; white sheathing volva, often buried; in warm places

Amanita mairei is rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Amanita mairei in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Amanita mairei in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18