Species details
Pale grisette
Amanita lividopallescens
Conditional / expert preparation
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Description
A large pale ochre-grey grisette with a distinctly striate cap margin, no ring, and a robust sack-like volva at the base.
Identification features
The cap is 8–12 cm, sometimes much larger, pale to darker ochre-grey with a sharply striate margin. Gills are white to cream and free. The long stem lacks a ring but may carry veil remnants; the base sits in a leathery volva.
Identification checklist
Always expose the complete stem base. Check the absence of a ring, strongly striate margin, pale ochre-grey colour and large leathery volva.
Detailed features
- Cap
- The cap is 8–12 cm, sometimes much larger, pale to darker ochre-grey with a sharply striate margin.
- Hymenophore
- Gills are white to cream and free.
- Stem
- The long stem lacks a ring but may carry veil remnants; the base sits in a leathery volva.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 8–12 cm
Habitat
Grows on dry woodland clearings, edges and in grass, mostly near broadleaved trees, from early summer to late autumn; rare.
Fruiting period
June, July, August, September, October, November
Ecology
- Substrate
- Grassland
- Notes
- Grows on dry woodland clearings, edges and in grass, mostly near broadleaved trees, from early summer to late autumn; rare.
How to separate similar species
Grisettes are very similar, and young specimens can resemble dangerous Amanita. A photograph alone is not enough for food decisions.