Macrolepiota dolichaula

1 Macrolepiota dolichaula at Currowan, NSW

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Identification history

Amanita farinacea	28 Mar 2019	MarjApt
Macrolepiota dolichaula	28 Mar 2019	Pam
Amanita ochrophylloides	28 Mar 2019	MarjApt
Amanita ochrophylla	28 Mar 2019	MarjApt

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Conspicuous white mushroom, white underneath, patterned raised squares on top; long striated stem. Growing in soil. The ID is an uneducated guess.

5 comments

Pam wrote:

29 Mar 2019

What you have are some great photos of Macrolepiota dolichaula in fabulous condition. By the time I found ours at home they were all ratty - sigh! The Amanita you have mentioned has a more buff/salmon (pale orange) colour whereas you specimen is white. You tend to find the Macrolepiota dolichaula in pastures or grassy areas. Lovely find.

MarjApt wrote:

29 Mar 2019

Thank you very much for the identification. Sorry about all the bad guesses around Amanita! These specimens are/were all very fresh looking, occurring in grass in two patches that can be seen a long way off. I haven't walked over to photograph the second group yet.

Pam wrote:

29 Mar 2019

You never need to apologise for 'bad guesses' because it's always great to see someone have a go. Let's face it we all do this and I find I always learn more by at least trying. This particular species is often thought by many to be an Amanita and some Amanitas have a very similar look. Amanitas tend to be more robust, not as elegant or as large and associated with trees as they are mycorrhizal. Whereas this particular Macrolepiota is a saprotrophic fungus and found in grassy areas.

Naomim wrote:

9 Apr 2019

Edible?

Pam wrote:

14 Apr 2019

Sorry I don't talk about edibility. There's always the chance I could say something is edible and someone could see a fungus that looks like the one I mentioned but in actual fact is something else. My only comment is there is a good range in a number of the supermarkets. Otherwise you have to collect with someone who knows absolutely what they are looking at. Sorry.

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