Possibly amanita pantherina?

[NickCantle]

That's what I was trying to think of!!!

[jonbem]

I hardly handled it at all, just loosened it from the ground, took the pics and then attempted to re-seat it back in the hole it came from to give a small chance of a future!

Jon

[cowshill]

Just when you're starting to think you know something! Amanita ceciliae, another new one for me. Than makes 5 amanitas I'm aware of with a similar overall description, differing primarily in colour: vaginata, submembranacea, fulva, crocea and now ceciliae. Are there any more to add to this list?

- Jim

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by cowshill

Just when you're starting to think you know something! Amanita ceciliae, another new one for me. Than makes 5 amanitas I'm aware of with a similar overall description, differing primarily in colour: vaginata, submembranacea, fulva, crocea and now ceciliae. Are there any more to add to this list?

- Jim

Hi Jim,

Amanita ceciliae is the largest species belonging to the vaginatae section and almost always has the velar remnants on the cap, unlike most of the others in this section. It also often has zig-zag banding on the stem that darkens upon handling, quite an impressive fungus. There are in fact a few more species belonging to this section, such as A. argentea and A. nivalis among others.

Andy