Amanita fulva Fr. 1815

Phylum: Basidiomycota
(7339)
Class: Agaricomycetes
(7229)
Subclass: Agaricomycetideae
(7229)

Order: Agaricales
(4675)
Family: Amanitaceae
(126)
Genus: Amanita
(99)

Subgenus: Amanitopsis
(19)
Section: Amanitopsis
(14)

Name: Tawny Grisette
Scientific name: Amanita fulva Fr. 1815
Synonyms: Species Fungorum 10.12.2015:
Agaricus fulvus Schaeff. 1774
Amanita fulva f. alba (Courtec.) Contu 1986
Amanita fulva f. fulva Fr. 1815
Amanita vaginata var. fulva (Fr.) Gillet 1874
Amanitopsis fulva (Fr.) W.G. Sm. 1908
Amanitopsis fulva f. alba Courtec. 1986
Amanitopsis fulva f. fulva (Fr.) W.G. Sm. 1908
Amanitopsis vaginata var. fulva Sacc. 1887
Vaginata fulva (Fr.) A.H. Sm. 1949
Habit of Growth: Mycorrhiza
Protection: Mushroom is not protected
Trees: Calluna vulgaris (Common heather)d0d0 , Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Lingonberry )d1d1

Cap: 4-10 cm across, ovoid when young, later convex to plane, center sometimes indented and with an obtuse umbo, smooth, satiny surface, fox-colored to orange-brown, margin obtuse, striate.
Hymenophore: lamellae are smooth, white, free.
Spore print: white
Spore: globose to subglobose, 10,9-13,2 x (9,2)10,1-12,7(13) μm
Stem: 7-12 x 0,6-2 cm, cylindrical, somewhat enlarged toward the base, apex slightly widened, stuffed to hollow, fragile, whitish to cream colored toward the apex.
Flesh: white, thin, no distinct taste or odor.
Habitat: in hardwood, on acid soils, near cranberrys and heather, grows from summer to fall.
Edibility: inedible