Gray-veiled Amanita
A denizen of conifer forests, this statuesque species is usually found solitary or scattered. It features a cap that is plane and smooth without a striate margin, up to 4 inches across, with a low umbo and sometimes persisting patches of the gray universal veil. In its typical form the cap is lilac gray, but in age brownish color may be noted. The gills are white, free to slightly attached, narrow or subdistant. The stalks may be up to 6 inches and form an enlarging taper from the narrowest apex region to an abruptly bulbous base. There is a persisting skirt-like ring that is gray in color. The stalk is smooth and white above the ring, but below the ring there are gray chevron patches or bands of gray. It is a possibly poisonous species that should not be consumed.