Amanita vaginata — Grisette — Amanitaceae
Small-to-medium mushroom. Oval cap becoming convex and flat with age, sometimes with small umbo; grayish, margin grooved, white patches, viscid when wet. Whitish gills free or attached, crowded. Ring skirtlike, whitish. Slender white stalk taller than cap diameter, often with grayish to grayish-brown thin scales. Membranous universal veil that covers stalk, volva lobed and detached. Mycorrhizal.
Habitat: Solitary or several. Coniferous forest.
Scent: Not distinctive
Spores: White
Season: Summer to autumn
Habitat: Solitary or several. Coniferous forest.
Scent: Not distinctive
Spores: White
Season: Summer to autumn
Grayish-brown scales, grooved cap margin
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Whitish volva
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Viscid cap
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