VOLVATE AMANITA

Under hardwoods and conifers.

5 to 10.5 cm in diameter. This amanita has a cap adorned with brownish velar remains on a white background. The cap and the stipe turn brown when bruised, but the flesh remains unchanged when cut.

Whitish browning slowly on bruising, injury or with age.

Delicate partial veil leaving a fleeting ring on the stipe often not visible. Bulbous stipe emerging from a brown sac-like volva sometimes white tinged with brown in places. volva that surrounds the bulb has very thick flesh.

Phenol and formalin generate the most important reactions.