Golden Bootleg

Phaeolepiota aurea

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By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Golden Bootleg Phaeolepiota aurea (Matt.) Konrad & Maubl. (illustrated 40% life size) Cap 12–25cm across, obtuse to convex, becoming flatter with a central umbo, the margin often hung with veil remnants; orange-tan to golden brown; dry, granular to powdery. Stem 40–150×10–40mm, expanded towards the base; orange to buff, or similar to cap; smooth above the ring, powdery or granular below; veil sheathing the stem, same colour as cap, granular underneath, smooth above, leaving persistent, flaring to drooping ring. Flesh white or pale yellowish; thick; smell none. Gills adnate to free, close, broad; pale yellow, becoming tawny to orange-brown. Spores 10–14×5–6¼, ellipsoid, smooth to minutely roughened. Spore print yellowish-brown to orange-buff. Habitat on rich soil in mixed woods or at wood edges; autumn. Rare on Red Data List. Not edible mildly poisonous to some people. Note field photograph (e) taken by Geoffrey Kibby.