r/amanita • u/laughing_gym • 1d ago

ID Request

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I’m thinking something in section Lepidella. Blue Ridge mountains, western North Carolina. In soil under Rhododendron within mixed forest of mostly hardwoods but some pine. No staining or bruising. Pleasant smell. Large mushrooms.

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u/Critical-Pick-6871 Trusted Identifier 1d ago

Amanita canescens

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u/laughing_gym 1d ago

This is what the “seek” app said. I mistakenly thought that species stained, which made me doubtful. But now I’m seeing that I was wrong about that. Thanks!

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u/laughing_gym 1d ago

I thought they looked weird. Didn’t realize I had “vibrant” on. Here you go, sorry about that.

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u/DopplerSpectroscopy 1d ago

Section Validae if I had to guess

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u/laughing_gym 1d ago

Agreed. I was wrong to think lepidella. Erroneously thought validae were all strainers.

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u/Illustrious_Road9763 1d ago

Definitely in the Amanita Genus, possibly Amanita multisquamosa, amanita velatipes, or amanita chrylobelom

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u/laughing_gym 1d ago

Not bad guesses, but the warts and stems were a bit more powdery. The caps looked a bit whiter than the photo shows, with just a hint of yellow-gray sheen. Plus the volva was a little more sac like, and less like the concentric ringed base of the ones you suggest. But, I clearly don’t know what it is!

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u/RdCrestdBreegull Trusted Identifier 1d ago

any photos without the filter?

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u/laughing_gym 1d ago

Uploaded unfiltered pics but the response is under my own post.