Amanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam.
Family: Amanitaceae
Grisette
Amanita vaginata image
National Mushroom Centre  
Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Local name: No local name known

Edibility: Edible when well-cooked

Habitat: Solitary to gregarious and terrestrial.

Description: Cap: 5-10 cm across, ovoid at first, expanding to almost flat with a low umbo and a distinctly grooved margin, grey-brown, slightly paler toward the margin, and smooth, slightly sticky when moist then dry. Hymenophore: Free gills, close, broad, white to creamy. Stem: 5-15 cm tall, slender, hollow, quite fragile, tapering toward the apex, white tinged with orange-brown and very fine white hairs, no ring, and no basal bulb.  Volva: The base of stem encased in large bag-like volva which is white tinged orange-brown in colour. Flesh: White. Spore Print:  White.

Comments: It has the grey-brown cap, white gills, absence of a ring, and membranous sack or bag at the base. The group is especially complex, where a number of forms with white to grey or brown caps are common in pine forests.