Amanita smithiana Bas
Persoonia 5(4): 419. 1969

Common Name: none

• Habitat

  Not uncommon under conifers in northern coastal California. Also sometimes found in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

• Edibility

  Deadly poisonous!!! Symptoms include nausea and vomiting beginning 2-12 hours after ingestion and progresses to kidney failure in 2-6 days.

• Comments

  Amanita smithiana could be confused with other members of Amanita section Lepidella: Amanita cokeri, Amanita magniverrucata, or Amanita silvicola. Older speciemens could also be confused, with disasterous results, with the edible Tricholoma magnivelare.

• References

  Bas, C. (1969). Morphology and Subdivision of Amanita and a Mongraph of its Section Lepidella. Persoonia 5: 285-579.
  Thiers, Harry D. (1982). The Agaricales (Gilled Fungi) of California. 1. Amanitaceae. Mad River Press: Eureka, CA. 53 p.
  Tulloss, R. E. and J. E. Lindgren. (1992). Amanita smithiana—taxonomy, distribution, and poisonings. Mycotaxon 45: 373-387.

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  • Darvin DeShazer: Amanita smithiana (CP)
  • Darvin DeShazer: Amanita smithiana (CP)
  • Tom Duffy: Amanita smithiana (CP)
  • Douglas Smith: Amanita smithiana (CP)
  • Toxic Fungi of Western North America: Amanita smithiana poisoning & unclassified renal/hepatic toxicity
  • Rod Tulloss: Amanita smithiana (D & I)
  • MushroomExpert.com: Amanita smithiana (D & CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Amanita smithiana (CP)
  • Lincoff: p. 546 (D), pl 165 (CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)