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AMANITA CROCEA var. SUBNUDIPES Romagn.
Cap: 5-10 cm, initially conical-campanulate, then convex, finally lying-flat, with broad umbo. Separable cuticle, smooth, shiny, usually no veil, with a clear margin striatum. Yellow-orange, pale orange, ocher orange. Gills: white, clear, thick and thin, with lamellule truncated. Stem: 8-15 × 1-2 cm, slender, cylindrical with apex attenuated, covered fioccosità white (yellow-orange zebra arranged as in the type species), full-midolloso finally cable. Ring absent. absent. Volva membranous, sheathing and high, whitish (ocher-orange in the type species). Meat: Tender, white, with faint odor and taste, pleasant. Microscopy: Spores white in mass, not amyloid, globose, 10-11 × 9.5 to 10.5 microns. Edibility: Toxic by raw, edible delicate flavor after cooking.
Habitat: Grows from spring to autumn in the humid forests of deciduous trees (the type species prefers coniferous forests).
Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on Jan 15, 2013
3 Comments
Yes, crocea is more pale-orange, vivid color, and steam is same color as a cap but this is not a case at A. crocea var. subnudipes. Subnudipes should have withe steam color. However, fulva isn't excluded as it is Dejan Stojanovic Zmaj and Marjan Kustera first ID observation. Solution is still open. Now days, I'm close to say it is A. vaginata var. flavescens.
Excellent observation.
Can you also take a look at Amanita fulva. It looks very similar and would have been my first choice because the coloring of the cap and stem is white. A. Crocea is more like a pale-orange color and the stem has the same color as the cap.