– Cap yellowish-white, often with irregular veil remnants that soon disappear.
– Gills free, white.
– Stem with a yellowish-white pendant ring and sharply edged bulb.
– Flesh with a characteristic odor reminiscent of raw potatoes.
Amanitoid agarics
False Deathcap
Amanita citrina
LC
Least concern
Poisonous
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with birch in deciduous and mixed forests, also with spruce in coniferous forests.
Notes
Occasionally occurs in an all-white form without yellowish elements (Amanita citrina var. alba).
Similar species
Amanita virosa is similar but highly poisonous, distinguished by a sweet and nauseating odor and veil remnants at the base in the form of a sack-like volva.
