Amanita regalis    (Fr.) Michael 



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

synonyms: Amanita muscaria-regalis 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Amanita umbrina, Amanita muscaria-umbrina)  

edibility : poisonous

potential confusions with Amanita regalis toxicity of Amanita regalis genus Amanita  

The cap is brown to yellow; its margin is striate with age. The cap surface is covered with grey warty flakes, easily washed away by rain or age, not viscid nor sticky.

The stem is fluffy white, bulbous, with a large membranous ring, not striate, with shaggy volval remnants on the edge.

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

The gills are pale yellow to white, free, crowded . The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in parks, deciduous (sometimes coniferous) woods, on a rather acid soil.

The fruiting period takes place from August to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 9 cm (between 3 and 25 cm)
  height of stem approximately 11 cm (between 5 and 25 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 20 mm (between 10 and 30 mm)

Distinctive features : looks much alike the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), but with a red brown cap getting yellow with age and yellow warts; in northern or mountainous regions

Amanita regalis is still unreported so far in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .



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