Boston Mycological Club
Amanita inaurata Secr.
Amanita strangulata
Gray patches on cap. Brown cap color. Striations on margin. No partial veil/annulus. Volva is easy to miss, as it is collapsed against stem, but usually leaves gray colored materila that may look like the remnants of the edge of the volval sack. No appreciable swelling at base - little or no volval bulb. Stem is white with brownish tints on lower portion.
Barron -Mushrooms of Northeast North America;
page 235.
Lincoff - Audubon Field Guide to North American
Mushrooms; page 538 (as Amanita inaurata)
Kibby - Mushrooms and Other Fungi; page 87
Phillips - Mushrooms of North America; page
19
Arora - Mushrooms Demystified; page 289
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| Collected 2001-07-08; Acton, MA; Nashoba Brook conservation land |