Amanita muscaria ( lat.Amanita eliae ) is an inedible mushroom of the genus Amanita ( Amanita ) of the family Amanita ( Amanitaceae ).
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Amanita eliae QuΓ©l. , 1872 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description
The mushroom is medium or large.
The hat is 5-10 cm in diameter, white-cream-colored, with a pinkish tinge, first convex, then flat, smooth, slightly mucous in wet weather. White plates , grown, frequent.
The leg is smooth, with a bulbous thickening at the base, white. The ring is white.
The pulp is dense, white.
Smell and taste are absent.
Microscopic characteristics
Spores are smooth, ellipsoidal, amyloid , 9-15 Γ 6.5-8.5 microns. Four-spore basidia .
Literature
- Jordan, Michael. The encyclopedia of fungi of Britain and Europe . - 2004. - P. 384. - ISBN 0711223785 . (inaccessible link)
Links
- Amanita eliae (English) : taxonomy on Species Fungorum . (Retrieved December 25, 2009)