A grayish-white Lepidella with a cap covered in gray conical warts and small scales, a rooting spindle- to turnip-shaped bulb with rows of gray recurved scales, and a bleach-like odor. It grows in eastern North American oak forests on sandy or loose soil.
Edibility unknown; possibly poisonous. Do not eat. Members of section Lepidella should not be eaten, and gray or white Amanitas can be confused with deadly amatoxin-containing species.
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Ectomycorrhizal. Solitary or scattered in mixed oak, hickory and chestnut forests, preferring sandy or loose soil.
Distribution
Eastern North America, from southern New England (reported north to Nova Scotia) south and west to Texas and Mexico.
Characteristics
Cap: 5-10 cm, broadly convex becoming flat; grayish white, covered with gray conical to pyramidal warts and small gray to brownish scales, sparser toward the margin; margin not lined, often fringed with veil remnants. Gills: free or narrowly attached, close, white to cream, with short gills; may look waterlogged. Stem: 5.5-12 cm long, 0.6-1.5 cm thick, tapering slightly upward; gray to brownish gray near the base, paler above; cottony. Bulb: spindle- to turnip-shaped, rooting deeply in loose soil, with rows of warts and gray recurved scales on its upper part. Ring: white, sticky, short-lived. Flesh: white, firm. Odor: mild to unpleasant, like chloride of lime. Spore print: white. Spores: 8.3-11.6 x 4.9-6.6 um, broadly ellipsoid to elongate, amyloid. Microscopic: clamp connections present.
