
Saffron Ringless Amanita - Amanita crocea group
Amanita crocea is a European species, and the name is also applied to collections made in the Americas. But, it is undergoing revision and will eventually have a new species name.
Cap was plane with center umbo, orange, tacky, and striate at margin; Gills were white, free, close/crowded with short gills; Stipe was slightly tapered at apex, covered with fibrils and chevrons, and ringless; base had a sac-like volva with a ring of orange on the lip.
Habitat: Deciduous forest

"Amanita crocea", the saffron ringless amanita, is a species of "Amanita" widely distributed in Europe.
Similar species: Agaricales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Nov 5, 2022. Captured Sep 17, 2021 11:20 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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