Comprehensive Description
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Venenarius velatipes (Atk.) Murrill, Mycologia 5: 75. 1913
Amanita velatipes Atk. Stud. Am. Fungi 63. 1900.
Pileus broadly ovoid to convex, at length expanded, thin, 8-10 cm. broad; surface viscid, decorated with scattered, white, volval scales, reddish-brown or umber-brown, sometimes yellow-tinged with the center darker, margin striate, elevated at times with age; lamellae ventricose, white; spores ovoid with unequal sides, smooth, hyaline, 8-10X6-7 m; stipe cylindric, bulbous and abruptly pointed below, smooth or floccose-scaly, hollow or stuffed, 15-20 cm. long, 1-1.5 cm. thick; annulus white, ample, inferior, persistent; volva adnate, ocreate, white, becoming more or less torn or broken.
Type locality: Ithaca, New York.
Habitat: Beech woods.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso Murrill. 1914. (AGARICALES); AGARICACEAE (pars). North American flora. vol 10(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
Amanita velatipes: Brief Summary
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Amanita velatipes or veiled-bulb amanita is a species of Amanita from eastern North America.
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