Common names
Castellano: Amanita citrina and Amanita mappa.
Catalán: Reig bord groc.
GUIDE FOR DETERMINATION
The peculiar feature that allows this mushroom to be distinguished from the Amanita phalloides, which it resembles in certain aspects such as the bulbous foot, the unstreaked margin of the cap and the yellow color, is an organoleptic characteristic: the smell that this species gives off similar to that of a radish or a raw potato. Such a smell is very strong and unmistakable even for those who are not very familiar with this type of observations.
The hat, initially convex or slightly conical when closed, opens and extends until it acquires a flattened shape.
It generally has a lemon-yellow color, to which a greenish or almost white tint is sometimes added.
The margin is smooth and its surface shiny with cuticle separated from it and covered with a residue of the veil in the form of flat or pyramidal scales, both yellow and white, that turn brown with age.
The lamellae, initially whitish, can acquire a pale yellow color, they are wide, quite tight, with a somewhat membranous edge and towards the foot they become attenuated and rounded.
The stem is white, faded in yellow, quite slender and separated from the margin of the cap to which it is attached in the young mushroom.
At the base a wide bulb opens, surrounded by the volva, which almost never passes the marked edge.
The meat is white and gives off the smell that has already been mentioned.
Rating: DISADVISED
Attention: big foot bulb and radish smell.
WHERE AND WHEN IT CAN BE FOUND
It is a common species in almost all of Europe, and can occur throughout the mycological season from July to early March in any type of habitat, under planifolia or conifers. It has spread abundantly throughout Spain. In Italy it is found in all regions from Veneto to Sicily and Sardinia where the mycological season can last during the winter months.
Rating: DISADVISED
Attention: big foot bulb and radish smell.
WHERE AND WHEN IT CAN BE FOUND
It is a common species in almost all of Europe, and can occur throughout the mycological season from July to early March in any type of habitat, under planifolia or conifers. It has spread abundantly throughout Spain. In Italy it is found in all regions from Veneto to Sicily and Sardinia where the mycological season can last during the winter months.
EDIBLE CHARACTERISTICS
We advise against its use as an edible mushroom, more than anything because of its similarity to poisonous Amanitas, particularly with Amanita phalloides, but also because its organoleptic characteristics are certainly not among the best. For a long time, the Amanita citrina has been mistakenly considered poisonous like the Amanita phalloides.
DIMENSIONS
The hat can reach 4-10 cm. in diameter, and the foot, not very large and circular in section, reaches 12-13 cm. high.
CAN BE CONFUSED WITH:
The Amanita porphyria reproduced here, identical in shape and organoleptic characteristics. However, this Amanita has a different cap color, brown-violet. In the specimen in the figure you can see the secondary veil still attached to the edge of the hat and which will later form a ring.
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Other Aragonese Mushrooms
Some of the mushrooms that can be found in Aragon are the following:
- Amanita aspera var. francheti
- Amanita aureola
- Amanita caesarea. Amanita de los cesares.
- Amanita citrina y Amanita mappa.
- Amanita echinocephala
- Amanita gemmata. Amanita junquillea.
- Falsa Oronja (Amanita muscaria).
- Amanita ovoidea.
- Amanita panterina. Pantera.
- Oronja Mortal (Amanita phalloides).
- Amanita rubescens. Amanita rosada, Amanita vinosa.
- Amanita spissa var: excelsa
- Amanita strobiliformis.
- Amanita vaginata (=amanitopsis vaginata) var. umbrinolutea
- Amanita verna..
- Seta de San Jorge (Tricholoma georgii).
- Colmenilla (Morchella esculenta).
- Trufa Negra (Tuber nigrum).
- Calabaza (Boletus edulis)
- Champiñon Silvestre (Agaricus campestris).
- Rovellón (Lactarius deliciosus).
- Setas de Pino (Tricholoma terreum).
- Clavaria (Ramaria aurea).
- Seta de Cardo (Pleurotus eryngii).
- Seta de Chopo (Agrocybe aegerita).
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