Help identifying this fungus

Circles · #1 (**permalink**) 30-07-2010, 06:38 PM

Hi there,

Apologies in advance for the bad quality image!

Found this fungus in deciduous woodland, there was an oak growing nearby.

Specimen was no taller than about an inch and a half - didn't want to disturb it, so didn't get a smell for it, or manage to have a proper look at its gills (think they were white, however).

What is it?! Thanks!

SheffieldLass · #2 (**permalink**) 30-07-2010, 07:17 PM

With the prominent volva (sac-like feature) at the base, most likely one from the Amanita genus. I'm not sure which one though.

Circles · #3 (**permalink**) 31-07-2010, 04:23 PM

Thanks, SheffieldLass.

Any advance on that?

Have researched this a bit more, and the closest comparison so far seems to be the Grey Spotted Amanita, but I'm not sure because the photo and my memory are so bad!

Can anyone confirm this?

mollisia · #4 (**permalink**) 01-08-2010, 10:18 PM

Hello,

I don't see a volva (sac) in the foto, only a bulbose stipe base. This bulbose base may lead either to the genus Macrolepiota s.l. (could well be Chlophyllum rhacodes then) or it might be Amanita porphyrea. I don't think that other species come into account.

best regards,
Andreas

ashgale · #5 (**permalink**) 11-08-2010, 08:04 AM

I think that Andreas is spot on (as usual

) with his suggestion of Chlophyllum rhacodes,

here's a very similar shot of a couple that appeared yesterday in a spot they have appeared in regularly over the last few years,

ashgale.