Amanita smithiana ☠

Amanitas are one of the mushrooms reported to be sometimes mistaken for Tricholoma magnivelare, and I haven't previously handled one, so I pulled this one to see how it felt, smelt and what it's root looked like. I don't think if you've ever handled a real Tricholoma you'd ever make the mistake. There's no odor and it feels quite different, but if you were just going on description, it might be a misstep you could make.

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Flown Kimmerling

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WHOAHHH. That is really gnarly! Posted 6 years ago
1. morpheme
  
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  Yeah - I've been staring at this one too.. and changing my mind about whether or not it's a silvacola or smithiana... the main difference is the stem, whether or not it's rooting. This one is young and it's hard to tell, but I keep thinking I see the beginnings of a root down there.. It's also been on my mind because someone visiting BC recently picked and ate one, thinking it was a Matsutake - which is really bad... Their friend has been posting questions on the shroomery message board.
  I think smithiana is more common - or at least no one has bothered to really differentiate on the poisonings.. they've all been blamed on smithiana, but silvacola is so similar that no one recommends trying one to find out Posted 6 years ago

The Amanita smithiana

''Amanita smithiana'', also known as Smith's amanita, is a species of agaric found on soil in coniferous and broadleaved woodland in the Pacific Northwest of North America. It fruits in August and September.

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Similar species: Agaricales

Species identified by morpheme