Description:
Although Amanita fulva, commonly referred to as the Tawny Grisette, is not poisonous it must be well cooked before it may safely be eaten. It is easily confused with a Death Cap- though not as substantial. The structure is relatively flimsy and the hollow stem often breaks, even when handled very gently.
Distribution:
Very Common throughout the country. Mixed Woodland.
Habitat:
Mycorhizal with hardwood and softwood trees; commonly found beside woodland paths.
Cap:
A tawny orange with a paler area around the edge of the cap. Initially egg-shaped, the cap expands to become flat but with a small raised central area (an umbo). The edge of the cap is striated (with comb-like radial ridges).
Flesh:
Flesh is white without distinctive taste or smell.
Gills:
White, sometimes turning a faint yellowish, free and crowded.
Spores:
9 x 12 Microns in size, Globose; nonamyloid.
Stem:
Tapering (narrower at the top); white with zig-zag patterning in a paler shade of the cap colour. There is no ring, but at the base of the stipe there is a large white sack-like volva.
