Mealy amanita (Amanita farinacea)

Appearance

The cap is convex and rounded when young and opening out and flattening to flat-convex or flat to around 90mm in diameter. It is covered in large irregular patches of the veil, also coloured cream. These often hang over the edge of the cap and fragments can litter the ground near the mushrooms. The crowded white gills are free. The stipe is up to 120mm high and 20mm wide. The fragile ring is often present in younger mushrooms, but falls off. The swollen base of the stipe is smooth. The flesh is white and has a mealy smell.

Mealy Amanita (Amanita farinacea) The largest caps in this group were about 120mm across.
Remains of veil around the margin and with crusty nodules on the top.. All off-white.
Annulus about one third down the stipe.
Crowded white gills, adnate. No spore print taken.
Found under a large group of roadside shrubs and eucalyptus trees.
This species is possibly the same as Amanita ananiceps. If proven then the name farinacea will take precedence.

http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita+farinacea
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/AMANITA+FARINACEA#
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_ananiceps
http://eol.org/pages/6691729/overview Amanita farinacea,Australia,Fall,Geotagged,Mealy amanita

Naming

Synonyms
Agaricus farinaceus Cooke & Massee, 1889
Amanitopsis farinacea Sacc., 1891
Aspidella farinacea (Sacc.) E.-J. Gilbert, 1941
Vaginata farinacea (Sacc.) Kuntze, 1898

Distribution

Eastern Australian states and southern South Australia. Also found in Tasmania.

Status

Not at risk

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll eucalyptus woodlands.

Cultural

Possibly poisonous.

References:

Some text fragments are auto parsed from Wikipedia.

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/AMANITA+FARINACEA#
http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita+farinacea

Taxonomy
Kingdom	Fungi
Division	Basidiomycota
Class	Agaricomycetes
Order	Agaricales
Family	Amanitaceae
Genus	Amanita
Species	Amanita farinacea

Photographed in
Australia