Amanita ovoidea (Bull.) Link |
The cap is white, yellow with age; its margin is with veil flakes or smooth. The cap surface is smooth, not viscid nor sticky. The stem is bulbous, with a white sheathing volva, without ring, or with a creamy ring (like shaving foam). The flesh is unchanging; its taste is mild; the odour is of seafood for young specimens, later turning putrid; its texture is fibrous. The gills are white, free, crowded (nb of gills per 90° ~ 60 ). The spore print is white. This species is mycorrhizal. It grows on the ground, in broad-leaved (sometimes coniferous) woods, on a rather calcareous soil, with oak, chestnut, pectinated fir. The fruiting period takes place from July to November.
Chemical tests : none. Distinctive features : very large mushroom; white or reddish volva; very thick stem with yellowish base and creamy ring; unpleasant odour Amanita ovoidea is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking . | ||
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