Pineal fly agaric (Amanita strobiliformis) photo and description

Pineal fly agaric (Amanita strobiliformis)

Systematics:
  • Department: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
  • Subdivision: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
  • Class: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
  • Subclass: Agaricomycetidae (Agaricomycetes)
  • Order: Agaricales (Agaric or Lamellar)
  • Family: Amanitaceae (Amanitaceae)
  • Genus: Amanita (Amanita)
  • Species: Amanita strobiliformis (Amanita pineal)

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Fly agaric

Pineal fly agaric (Amanita strobiliformis)The cone-shaped fly agaric (Amanita strobiliformis) is a rare species of amanita with a disjunctive range.

Description

The white or white-pale surface of the pineal mushroom cap is covered with large thick, angular, grayish scales; in mature specimens, the cap is flat.

The edge of the cap often bears the remains of the bedspread.

The plates are loose, soft, fawn color.

The leg is white, in young specimens it is covered with longitudinal stripes.

A white ring with velvety scales is usually noticeable in the middle of the stem.

The base of the leg is slightly widened.

The pulp is white, firm.

Disputes: whitish.

Edible: conditionally edible, but can be confused with poisonous representatives of the genus. Therefore, we strongly do not recommend using it unless you are 100% sure.

Amanita pineal

Habitat

Deciduous oak forests, parks, limestone soil. In Russia, the pineal fly agaric is found only in the Belgorod region, where several localities are known in the Novooskolsky and Valuysky districts. In addition, it is found in Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Eastern Georgia, as well as in Central and Eastern Kazakhstan, in Western Europe, with the exception of its northern part.

Season: summer - autumn.