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Vittadini's Lepidella
Amanita vittadinii
40.5452, -3.69337
Field Notes
Description:
Around 10 cm tall, white cap, the first globose, then cleared, with margins in excess of the strip, with pyramid-like warts at the centre and most depressed toward the margin, whitish pink.
White gills.
The stem is 8-10 x 1–2 cm, full, cylindric, swollen at the ends with ring scales, scales whitish greenish throughout the stem.
edible but very uncommon.
Habitat:
in the grass in Autonoma University Campus in Madrid.
Notes:
It is a European saprophyte mushroom of the Amanita genus. It is believed that it is also one of the most ancient ones. This species is known to occur without accompanying woody plant symbionts. It is a somewhat unique hybrid-like Macrolepiota and Armillaria, which is characterized by white discoloration around the fruit body and its overall look flaky.
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