Amanita velatipes - Amanitaceae.org - Taxonomy and Morphology of Amanita and Limacella
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name Amanita velatipes
name status nomen acceptum
author G. F. Atk.
english name "Great Funnel-Veil Amanita"
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  • Amanita velatipes, Meadowood Twp. Pk., Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.  (RET 008-5)Amanita velatipes, Meadowood Twp. Pk., Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.  (RET 008-5)

    1. Amanita velatipes, Meadowood Twp. Pk., Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.  (RET 008-5)

  • Amanita velatipes, Meadowood Twp. Pk., Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.  (RET 008-5)Amanita velatipes, Meadowood Twp. Pk., Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.  (RET 008-5)

    2. Amanita velatipes, Meadowood Twp. Pk., Mendham, Morris Co., New Jersey, U.S.A.  (RET 008-5)

  • Amanita velatipes, Brookland Cemetery, South Waldoboro, Knox Co., Maine, U.S.A.Amanita velatipes, Brookland Cemetery, South Waldoboro, Knox Co., Maine, U.S.A.

    3. Amanita velatipes, Brookland Cemetery, South Waldoboro, Knox Co., Maine, U.S.A.

  • Amanita velatipes, Thompson Pond Preserve, Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.Amanita velatipes, Thompson Pond Preserve, Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.

    4. Amanita velatipes, Thompson Pond Preserve, Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., New York, U.S.A.

    • intro Amanita velatipes is a rather large species of the northeastern U.S.A. and southeastern Canada.
    cap Its cap colors are often close to yellowish cream.  The volva is usually distributed on the 80 - 120 mm wide cap as white warts.
    gills The gills are free, crowded, and white to pale cream.
    stem The stipe is up to 170 × 20 mm, has an interesting (often submedian) annulus that is pulled up into a funnel shape by the expansion of the mushroom, and has a volva that leaves a robust rolled rim around the top of the basal bulb.
    spores According to Jenkins (1986) the spores measure 7.9 - 13.2 × 6.3 - 7.9 µm and are broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid to elongate and inamyloid.  Clamps are rarely found at bases of basidia.
    discussion Fruiting bodies of this species can be quite large—the larger of the "buttons" in the accompanying illustration was nearly as big as RET's fist.

    The species is associated primarily with Oaks (Quercus) and conifers.

    It appears to be restricted in range to eastern North America.  Compare with A. multisquamosa Peck.—R. E. Tulloss
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