Species details
Snakeskin grisette
Amanita ceciliae
Conditional / expert preparation
Photo: Стелла Фокшей · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · License
Description
A large brown grisette with grey veil patches, a strongly striate cap margin, and no ring.
Identification features
The cap is brown to grey-brown with thick grey veil patches. White gills are free. The long ringless stem has grey scaling and ring-like veil remnants near the base.
Identification checklist
Check the whole stem and base, absence of a ring, grey cap patches, and band-like veil remnants on the lower stem.
Detailed features
- Cap
- The cap is brown to grey-brown with thick grey veil patches.
- Hymenophore
- White gills are free.
- Stem
- The long ringless stem has grey scaling and ring-like veil remnants near the base.
- Flesh
- White, delicate and brittle.
- Smell
- No characteristic smell.
- Spore print
- White.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 8–15 cm
- Stem height
- 12–20 cm
- Stem diameter
- 1,5–3 cm
Habitat
Occurs in deciduous and coniferous woodland, mainly in summer and autumn, usually in small groups.
Fruiting period
June, July, August, September, October
Ecology
- Trophic mode
- Mycorrhizal
- Substrate
- Forest soil
- Notes
- Occurs in deciduous and coniferous woodland, mainly in summer and autumn, usually in small groups.
How to separate similar species
Other grisettes can be very similar. A cap-only photo is insufficient; the base, veil, and absence of a ring are essential.
Similar species
Interesting facts
Did you know? It is one of the larger grisettes; grey stem scales and ring-like veil remnants at the base are characteristic.