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   danijel to Irene Andersson   
   Re: Amanita ID   
   24 Aug 06 16:47:45   
   
   From: dbalasko@foi.hr   
      
   "Irene Andersson"  wrote in message   
   news:r73pe291h20mnfjpjairajoaigapnai5f0@4ax.com...   
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   > I think A. franchetii is a good guess. I don't have any experience of   
   > it, but there are other pictures of it that look very much like the   
   > ones in your picture.   
   > I know A. spissa a bit better, and I think it should have been more   
   > greyish on the stem. But they vary a lot, and these two species are   
   > closely related, so I imagine that there also can exist intermediate   
   > forms.   
   >   
   > Irene Andersson   
      
      
   "Dimitar Bojantchev"  wrote in message   
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   > My uneducated guess would be A. excelsa var. excelsa (or one   
   > of the gazillion other variations). For the paler of the two, there is   
   > something called A. excelsa (var. excelsa) f. subcandida that looks   
   > very similar in colors and stature. It's all a guesswork, of course.   
   >   
   > But for the A. franchetii, at least a little bit of yellow on the stipe or   
   > anulus should be present. At least, a little bit to open the possibility   
   > of a guess.   
   >   
   >            D.   
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