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Amanita calyptroderma — Ballen's American Caesar — Amanitaceae


Medium-to-large mushroom. Cap orangish to yellowish-brown, white patches, pale near margin; cap flattens with age, margin lined. Ring skirtlike, cream-colored, persistent. Lower base of stalk colored with yellow veil remnants when young. Stalk as tall as cap diameter, thick, bruising brownish. Universal veil, forming fragile volva at base of stalk. Gills free or attached, crowded, white; short gills also present. Mycorrhizal.
 
Habitat: Solitary or several. With Douglas-fir. 

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: White

Season: Autumn



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Yellowish-brown cap, white veil remnants
Miller Peninsula State Park

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Rounded cap flattens with age
Miller Peninsula State Park

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