Boston Mycological Club

Amanita brunnescens Atkinson

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Description:

Large bulb at base that with one or more vertical splits or clefts. Brown colors on a white background, streaked in the cap. Bruises brown where handled. Few or no patches on cap. Annulus present.

References:

Barron -Mushrooms of Northeast North America; page 237
Lincoff - Audubon Field Guide to North American Mushrooms; page 527
Bessette - Mushrooms of Northeastern North America; page 62 (as Amanita brunnescens var. brunnescens)
Kibby - Mushrooms and Other Fungi; page 85
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page 27

Images:

Collected 2001-07-08; Acton, MA; Nashoba Brook conservation land. Note the two pale-capped and younger specimens on the right.