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Grey cap amanita

Amanita umbrinella

Description:

Grey cap and white gills with remnants of the universal veil on the cap. This appears to be related to the red amanita. The bud mushroom nearby may be the same species.

Habitat:

Native forest of mixed eucalypt and ti tree.

Notes:

This species grows under deciduous trees. http://www.kaimaibush.co.nz/Fungi/Amanit... http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh....

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Amanita umbrinella
Amanita umbrinella Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages Amanita umbrinella 1


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1 Comment

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

For a moment I thought you had gone all arty in black and white.
Very nice specimen.

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jun 3, 2012
Submitted on Jun 3, 2012

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