Amanita sp. 2

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(Small White Rough Amanita)

FAMILY

Pluteaceae

Species

Amanita sp. 2

Common name

Small White Rough Amanita

Colour

Body white

Habitat

Eucalypt woodland

Description

This base of the stem of this mushroom is distinctive, turbinate-shaped, about 2 cm long and at the broadest part about 2 cm wide. Above the base the stem is white to 2 cm long and 1 cm wide, a small ring is present. Cap white to 2.5 cm diameter with scattered greyish-white warts on the surface; gills white, free from stem, some forked.