A large white Amanita with prominent pointed warts that turn brownish, a thick and often double-edged ring, and a big rooting bulb with concentric rings of recurved scales. It is mainly southeastern in North America. It is one of more than 40 white North American Amanitas, so the stem base and spore features are needed for identification.
Poisonous; do not eat. Like other white Amanitas it can be confused with the deadly destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera and relatives, amatoxins), which have a smooth bald cap without pointed warts and a sack-like volva instead of a scaly rooting bulb.
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Habitat
Ectomycorrhizal with oaks and pines in mixed hardwood-conifer woods. Solitary or in small groups, July to November.
Distribution
Eastern North America, mostly in the southeastern United States.
Characteristics
Cap: 6-20 cm, oval to convex becoming nearly flat; white and bald between large pointed warts that become brownish to reddish brown; margin not lined. Gills: free or slightly attached, nearly distant, white to cream, with frequent short gills. Stem: 10-15 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, white, with a large basal bulb that has a shallow root; upper bulb and lower stem with concentric zones of down-turned scales; bulb may stain reddish or rusty. Ring: thick, persistent, skirt-like, often double or double-edged, lined above and shaggy below. Flesh: white, not staining; odor not distinctive. Chemical reactions: KOH negative on cap. Spore print: white. Spores: 10-13 x 6-7.5 um, elliptical, smooth, amyloid.
