Great Felt Skirt Destroying Angel
Amanita magnivelaris
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Description
This is a deadly poisonous mushroom. Please see Deadly Mushrooms of Nebraska by C. Brueggemann where it is treated as Amanita bisporigera.
The Great Felt Skirt Destroying Angel is a mycorrhizal mushroom that grows in soil in wooded habitats in the summer. It is white, has a membranous skirt on the stem, and has a bulbous base with a volva.
Observations
July 16th, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
#212
- Growing solitarily on open mixed oak/hickory woodland ridge.
- Nearby Trees: Bitternut Hickory, Ash, American Hophornbeam, Black Oak, and distant Chinkapin Oak.
- All portions white.
- Cap bald, slightly tacky.
- Lamellae free from stipe.
- Stipe with prominent annulus 1/4 down the stem and a large bulbus, sack-like volva at the base.
Smell: Not distinctive. Taste: Not distinctive. KOH: Negative on cap and slightly darkening stipe.
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Observation by thefungiproject
Created April 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM and last updated April 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM