Amanita porphyria, also known as the grey veiled amanita or the porphyry amanita, is a fairly common, inedible mushroom of the genus Amanita found in Europe and North America.

Taxonomy

This fungus was described in 1805 under the current name, Amanita porphyria, by Johannes Baptista von Albertini and Lewis David de Schweinitz in their work Conspectus Fungorum in Lusatiae superioris agro Niskiensi crescentium e methodo Persooniana ("An overview of fungi growing in the area of Niesky in Upper Lusatia, according to the methodology of Persoon").

The stem is 5–12 cm high and 0.6–1.5 cm thick, with a basal bulb which may

Further reading

  • E. Garnweidner. Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe. Collins. 1994.