Amanita crocea

Saffron Ringless Amanita
A. crocea from Commanster, Belgium.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetae
Subclass: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species: A. crocea
Binomial name
Amanita crocea
(Quél. in Bourd.) Singer ex Singer
Synonyms[1]
  • Orange Grisette
  • Amanita vaginata var. crocea Quél. 1898 [LEG; MB456911]
  • Amanitopsis crocea (Quél.) E.-J. Gilbert 1928 [LEG; MB251657]
Amanita crocea
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium

cap is flat

or convex
hymenium is free
stipe has a volva
spore print is white
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: edible

Saffron Ringless Amanita (Amanita crocea) is a species of Amanita widely distributed in Europe.

Description

Amanita crocea from Commanster, Belgium.

Similar species

Amanita fulva.
Amanita fulva
Amanita caesarea.
Amanita caesarea
Amanita fulva (left) in Bergen, Norway and an Amanita caesarea (right) in Piacenza's mountains.

It is similar to Amanita fulva (Orange-brown Ringless Amanita or Tawny Grisette) and Amanita caesarea (Caesar's Mushroom), belonging to the Vaginatae and Caesareae sections of Amanita genus respectively.

The edible Tawny Grisette is a basidiomycete mushroom located in North America and Europe.[4] It was first described from Sweden in 1821.[5] It is easily confused with the 'Death Cap', though not as substantial. The structure is relatively flimsy and the hollow stem often breaks, even when handled very gently.[6] It has fibres on its stalk usually.[7]

The second similar species, the Caesar's Mushroom, is the type species (a species to which the name of a genus is permanently linked) of the Caesareae section of the genus Amanita. It has a distinctive orange cap, yellow gills and stem. Similar orange-capped species occur in North America and India. It was known to and valued by the Ancient Romans, who called it Boletus, a name now applied to a very different type of fungus. The word Amanita comes from Greek 'amanites' meaning mushroom and the word Caesarea comes from Latin 'caesarea' meaning caesarean, of, for, or belonging to Caesar, as this mushroom was highly valued by Roman emperors.[8][9]

Ecology

The fungi can occur infrequently between July and October in mycorrhizal with hardwood trees, particularly birch and beech in clearings. Its odour is sweet-smelling and it has a mildly nutty sweet taste.[10] It has also been reported from Iran.[11]

See also

References

  1. "Amanita crocea (Quél.) Singer 1951". MycoBank. Retrieved 2004-11-25.
  2. http://www.njcc.com/~ret/amanita/species/croceas.html
  3. http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/amanitaceae/amanita_crocea.php Amanita crocea-Pictures, habitat and identification guide.
  4. http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~5539.asp Rogers mushrooms.
  5. Kuo, M. (2002, September). Amanita fulva. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/amanita_fulva.html
  6. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/tawny-grisette Tawny Grisette | Wild About Britain.
  7. http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Taxa/Amanifulva22.html Amanita fulva
  8. Amanita caesarea. http://alphagamma.150m.com/Amanita_caesarea.html
  9. http://www.eticomm.net/~ret/amanita/species/caesarea.html by R.E. Tulloss.
  10. http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/amanitaceae/amanita_crocea.php
  11. Bahram, M; Asef, M. R.; Zarre, Sh.; M. Abbasi; S. Reidl (2006). "Addition to the knowledge of Amanita (Agaricales, Pluteaceae) from Iran". Rostaniha. 7 (2): 107–119. ISSN 1608-4306.
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