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Orange Grisette
Edible 
Autumn 
Summer 
This Amanita rarely seems to have remains of the veil stuck to the cap and the colour intensity varies greatly and can be from bright orange to pale yellow.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Orange Grisette, Saffron Ringless Amanita |
| Scientific Name | Amanita crocea |
| Season Start | Jul |
| Season End | Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 14 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 10 |
Cap
Starting egg shaped and then opening out to almost flat with a slightly darker umbo and radial striations at the edge of the cap. The colour can vary quite a bit but is usually yellow to orange.
Gills
Off white and quite crowded.
Stem
Pale orange with a snakeskin pattern, tapering towards the top.
Volva
Has a very obvious thick, long and white volval sack that can often be hidden under the surrounding vegetation or earth.
Flesh
Thin and mainly white.
Habitat
Mainly with birch or beech but can be found with some conifers.
Possible Confusion
The Tawny Grisette, Amanita fulva, pictured, can look similar as the crocea can vary quite a lot in colour but the Tawny Grisette has a plain, smooth stem unlike the zig zag patterns on the Orange Grisette.
Spore Print
White, subglobose.
Taste / Smell
Fairly sweet and mushroomy.
Frequency
Fairly common.
2 comments for Orange Grisette
Noticed some of these being enjoyed by squirrels in our local cemetery today (5th. October)
I wondered how wild animals know what is ok to eat whereas we have to be so very careful and follow published guidance.
Hope the squirrels don’t have tummy ache tonight!!
I do wonder if it is just a strong instinct honed by millennia of natural selection. Maybe some animals have smell receptors for the toxic compounds too. It is an instinct us humans apparently haven’t evolved!
I was lucky enough to see these growing under the weeping birch in our garden where I grew up. They always had nibbles on them under that tree.