Amanita crocea
Amanita crocea, the saffron ringless amanita, is a species of Amanita widely distributed in Europe. It is edible but not recommended for consumption due to its similarity to poisonous species of the genus.
Description
The cap is free of rings with the volva and has a diameter of, yellow-orange in colour with an apricot tinge at the centre. It expands to become flat or sometimes convex at the umbo, a small raised central area.The volva is thick, white, at least wide, saffron orange or a little browner than that in colour in the centre when fresh and paler at the margin.
The gills are free and cream in mass.
The stem or stipe is long and 1–1.5 cm in diameter, tapering, decorated with paler fibrils in a "flame" pattern, with the decoration later becoming orange or brown-orange with a membranous sack-like volva at the base.
The white spores measure 9.4–11.8 x 8.5–11.0 μm.
Similar species
It is similar to Amanita fulva and A. caesarea, belonging to the Vaginatae and Caesareae sections of the Amanita genus, respectively.The edible tawny grisette is a basidiomycete mushroom located in North America and Europe. It is easily confused with the 'death cap', though is not as substantial. The structure is relatively flimsy and the hollow stem often breaks, even when handled very gently. It has fibres on its stalk usually.
The second similar species, the Caesar's mushroom, is the type species of the Caesareae section of the genus Amanita. It has a distinctive orange cap, yellow gills and stem. Similar orange-capped species occur in North America and India.