Amanita ceciliae (Berk. & Broome) Bas |
The cap is chestnut brown to greyish-brown; its margin is striate. The cap surface is covered with large greyish scales, especially towards centre. The stem is striate or flaky, with a white to grey sheathing volva, without ring. The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is mild too; 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 broad-leaved woods, on a rather calcareous soil, more often on high ground, with oak, beech. The fruiting period takes place from June to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : grey-brown cap, covered with patches or thick grey warts, and with a grooved margin; fragile grey volva soon disrupting, leaving several distinctive belts at the stem base but no ring; large size Amanita ceciliae is quite rare and localised in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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