Key Identification Features
- Gray-brown cap 6-15cm with gray-brown veil patches
- free pale gray gills
- grooved cap margin
- stem with snakeskin-like gray pattern
- no ring
- sack-like volva at base
Preparation Notes
Requires expert identification; cook thoroughly; never consume raw; high risk of confusion with deadly Amanita species
Regions Found
Region data not available
Look-Alikes
No documented look-alikes on record.
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