AMANITA FULVA (Sch.:Fr.) Fr.

Description:

Amanita fulva is one of the many representatives of the kind Amanita, which belongs itself to the family of amanitacées. In this kind, one classifies it in the sub-genus Amanitopsis (absence of ring, strokes of the hat striated) and in the section Amanitopsis (general veil membranous, nonfriable, volva out of bag, naked hat). The most known representative of this section is Amanita vaginata (vaginée amanita, grisette), of which Amanita fulva was regarded a long time as a variety. Description: Mushroom of spindly aspect pushing at the end of the summer and in autumn, in the wood or the forests of leafy trees, generally on acid ground. The hat, with striated margin, smooth and slightly viscous, is of fawn-coloured color, often with orange nuances. Ovoid at the beginning, it is then bell-shaped with a central nipple. Not very tight and white plates. The foot, hollow and fragile, are very narrow (approximately 12 cm length for 1 cm broad), white or beige. It does not carry any chinure. Volva out of rather broad bag compared to the foot. White flesh without particular savour. Edibility: Several amanitas being mortals or strongly poisons, it is advisable to be very careful when these mushrooms are collected. However, the absence of ring and the long spindly foot rather easily make it possible to identify the sub-genus Amanitopsis. The fawn-coloured amanita is edible, but must be well cooked before being consumed: it indeed contains haemolysins, toxins tackling the red globules, but these toxins are destroyed starting from 70°. It is however not a very interesting mushroom, insofar as the foot is not worth anything and where the hat is not very fleshy. One can thus abstain from eating it, which will avoid very taken of risk for the little confirmed gatherers.