Grey mushroomAmanita cf. excelsa

Hat: brown to grayish-brown, with important remnants of gray veil forming the warts or irregular plates.

Blades: free, whitish

Stalk: white, covered in gray-brown scales, thickening at the base in the shape of a bulb (which in turn is turnip-shaped).

Flesh: White

Spores: 7.5-9 x 6-7 µm, elliptical, amyloid

Taste: sweet

Odour : radish

WHERE TO FIND IT AT AROUCA GEOPARK

Fruiting season May - June | October - November

Dimension Hat: 3-11 cm; Foot: 6-14 x 1-2.5 cm

Habitat About conifers and their leaves

Amanita cf. excelsa

Amanita cf. excelsa

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