
Australian Umber Amanita (Amanita umbrinella)
A dark grey-brown amanita with its smooth convex cap about 40 mm wide. Gills were white and close. The stipe was sturdy widening slightly at the base and covered with white soft fibres. The part below the striated skirt-like annulus was grey.
Spotted growing on sand in a bush reserve with banksias, eucalypts and casuarina- Green's Bush ( Mornington Peninsula)
Similar species: Agaricales
By Leuba Ridgway
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Uploaded Jun 8, 2020. Captured May 28, 2020 17:17 in Boneo VIC 3939, Australia.