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This Amanita ________ I found last night?


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These things started popping up everywhere yesterday. I only had a chance to take a look at one last night. Whenever I see such a vibrant white mushroom like this, I think Amanita virosa or Amanita verna. But I am not sure here. They were caught in northern Minnesota, fruiting on the lawn near the edge of some mixed woods. The woods mostly have hardwoods... oak and maybe maple.

If I remember right, some Amanita require looking at spores in a microscope to verify the exact species. But maybe someone can get me on the right direction.

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This is why I love this forum. I think you sent me down a better path here. There was no volva present when I found it. That was partly what was confusing me. It didn't appear that a volva had fallen off either. Leucoagaricus leucothites is what I'm going with unless someone can offer a better suggestion. But I think we have an ID here. Thank you, @Matt McDermott. :-)

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I've eaten this type 2 or 3 times, and found them to be very good. But I usually pass them by, or maybe just snap a couple photos. Even though I'm confident about recognizing this species, it still bothers me to eat something that resembles a white Amanita. 

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