Amanita muscaria

Amanita muscaria

var. muscaria
~ range: Europe, Asia and Alaska
~ pileus: red
~ volva: white
~ veil remnants (warts): white
 

var. flavivolvata
~ range: Southern Alaska down through the Rocky Mountains, through Central America
~ pileus: red
~ volva: yellow
~ veil remnants (warts): yellow to yellowish-white


var. formosa
~ range: Worldwide
~ pileus: yellow to orange-yellow
~ stipe: yellowish or tan
~ volva: white
~ veil remnants (warts): yellowish or tan


var. guessowii
~ range: North America most common in the Northeast
~ pileus: yellow to orange,  more orange  reddish-orange towards the center
~ volva: white
~ veil remnants (warts): white


var. alba
~ pileus: white to silvery white
~stipe:
  ~(upper portion): white - pale yellow
  ~(lower portion & volva): white - tan
~ veil remnants (warts): white


var. persicina
~ range Southeastern U.S.A
~ pileus: pinkish to orangish "melon"
~ stipe:
  ~(upper portion): pale yellow
  ~(lower portion & volva): white - tan
~ veil remnants (warts): pale yellow - tan


var. aureola (according to Index Fungorum)


var. regalis
~ range: Scandinavia andAlaska
~ pileus: liver-brown
~ veil remnants (warts): yellow


var. muscaria, the typical red-and-white spotted variety. Some authorities, such as Rodham Tulloss, only use this name for Eurasian and western Alaskan populations

var. flavivolvatais red, with yellow to yellowish-white warts, and occurs in the western regions of the North American continent, from southern Alaska down through the Rocky Mountains, through Central America, to at least Andean Colombia. Rodham Tulloss uses this name to describe all"typical" A. muscaria from indigenous New World populations from Alaska southward.

var. alba, an uncommon fungus, has a white to silvery white cap with white warts but otherwise similar to the usual form.

var.formosa, has a yellow to orange-yellow cap with yellowish or tan warts and stem. Some authorities use this name for all A. muscaria fitting this description worldwide (Jenkins), others (Tulloss) restrict its useto Eurasian populations.

var. guessowii is yellow to orange,with center of cap more orange or reddish orange than the outer part.It is found throughout North America, but is most common in northeastern North America, from Newfoundland and Quebec down to Tennessee. Some authorities (Jenkins) treat these populations as part of A. muscaria var. formosa, while others (Tulloss) recognize it as a distinct variety.

var. persicina is pinkish to orangish "melon"colored with poorly formed or absent remnants of universal veil on the stem and vasal bulb, known from the Southeastern Coastal areas of theU.S.A, described in 1977.

var. regalis from Scandinavia and Alaska, is liver-brown and has yellow warts. It appears to be uniformly distinctive and some authorities (Tulloss) treat it as a separate species, while others (Jenkins) treat it as a variety of A. muscaria.

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Amanita muscaria var. guessowii

Amanita muscaria var. flavivolvata

*photos submitted by angryshroom*

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