Amanita ochrophylla group

Cotter River, ACT

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Identification history

Amanita ochrophylla group	3 May 2019	Heino1
Amanita ochraceobulbosa	3 May 2019	Heino1
Amanita sp.	20 May 2016	Heino
Amanita sp.	19 May 2016	KenT

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7 comments

KenT wrote:

20 May 2016

On reading through descriptions on http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita+ochraceobulbosa it is possible that this is Amanita ochraceobulbosa.

Heino1 wrote:

4 May 2019

Ken, I've not seen an Amanita like this. I also checked Alec Wood's original description (the basis of the Amanitaceae website's description) and I think you must be right.

Pam wrote:

4 May 2019

Looks like overcooked meringue!! No back to serious, this version lacks the cream-buff/orange tones colour we see up this way. The warts on local species are no where near as elegant, being robust, chunky pyramidal ones that extend towards the margin of the cap even if more flattened, as this specimen looks a little aged maybe those outer ones have rubbed off. The local specimens are overall much more robust with very distinct tubinate base to the stipe. I'm not contradicting the identification just noting regional differences. I've never seen this version before - I like it!

Heino1 wrote:

4 May 2019

Pam, I might have to change it to Amanita meringue-nimiscocta. I would not be at all perturbed if you contradicted the ID. After all, the type does come from your way and I do have the disadvantage of relying on Alec's description, rather than personal study of this species. The subject of this photo seemed ochrophylla-group and I wondered if the warts here were slightly shrivelled - and there was the missing ring in one specimen and the white granular stem. Would you think it okay in ochrophylla-group or should it go back to just Amanita?

Pam wrote:

4 May 2019

I like the alternate name:-)! I'd most probably only called it Amanita, though I have no problem if you leave it in the ochrophylla-group as it seems to have a lot of similarities. With some of the specimens I've been finding this season they don't fit comfortably into the descriptions. So are there even more!! I still have to do more thorough work on the micro characters...sigh! In Alec's description it can be dull cream and he notes variation with the annulus from granular remains to rarely membranous and persistent. Ageing can impact of macro characters and there can be variations within a species and I do see a significant range even with the ones around here. It's always a challenge trying to ID from just an image. For goodness sake it can be hard enough with the specimen in front of you (well me anyway)!

Heino1 wrote:

4 May 2019

I've made it ochrophylla-group on the optimistic assumption that someone interested in ochrophyalla will one day find an ochrophylla-ish mushroom just like this but be able to put a name to it!

Pam wrote:

4 May 2019

Good call.

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