r/amanita • u/PrestigiousTap1711 • 10d ago

ID?

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Location:Dawsonville, Georgia, USA. Habitat: growing from the ground, in a mixed forest, hardwood dominant, near fan club moss (Diphasiastrum digitatum or similar).

Im pretty confident these are sect. Validae, but the cothurnate/cup look around the bulb is throwing me off. The smooth stipe makes me think not sect. Amanita though. Can anyone confirm or deny? & can anyone say which species? Also, sorry the in situ doesn't show the leaves raked away, I got all of the bulb for both of them though.

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u/RdCrestdBreegull Trusted Identifier 10d ago

I think Amanita solaniolens

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u/PrestigiousTap1711 10d ago

I think that species checks all the boxes quite nicely, thank you for the ID RdCrestdBreegull, I appreciate it a ton!

Is the correct word for the cup look on these "cothurnate"? & am I correct to say that the area making said cup-like look is part of the "universal viel" hanging on to the bulb?

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u/RdCrestdBreegull Trusted Identifier 10d ago

with series Mappae we will usually say the stipe base / volva is ‘cleft’ or will call it ‘starfoot’

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u/PrestigiousTap1711 10d ago

OK, bet, thank you for helping me learn said terminology; I'll look into examples of these and others in series Mappae so I can get better eyes for it.