Great Pine Jewel

Amanita magniverrucata Thiers & Ammirati

Also called: Great-Warted Lepidella, Pinecone Amanita

Safety first

This mushroom is listed as poisonous. Eating it can make you seriously ill.

Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.

If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.

Edibility

Poisonous Source: Wikipedia: Amanita magniverrucata

Classification from Wikipedia: Amanita magniverrucata. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.

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Photos

Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Photo: Scott Loarie. CC0. Source (inaturalist)

Lookalikes

No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.

Season

When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.

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Recorded observations of Great Pine Jewel by month
Month	Records
January	15
February	24
March	14
April	14
May	6
June	1
July	1
August	7
September	4
October	3
November	4
December	19

Where it is found

States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.

California 89 records · Foraging rules
Arizona 6 records · Foraging rules
New Mexico 1 records · Foraging rules
Utah 1 records · Foraging rules
Washington 1 records · Foraging rules

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Identification traits

Cap shape	convex
Underside (gills, pores or teeth)	gills
Ecology	mycorrhizal
Stem features	ring and volva
Spore print color	white

Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.

About

Amanita magniverrucata, commonly known as the pine cone amanita, or great pine jewel, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Amanitaceae.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.

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