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Tawny Grisette
Edible 
Autumn 
Summer 
A fairly easy to identify edible Amanita but great care should be taken when identifying any Amanitas. The Tawny Grisette must be cooked before consumption.
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names | Tawny Grisette (EN), Amanita Winau (CY), Muchomor Rdzawobrązowy (PL), Rőt Selyemgomba (HU) |
| Scientific Name | Amanita fulva |
| Season Start | Jun |
| Season End | Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) | 8-12 |
| Average Cap width (CM) | 6-8 |
Cap
8-12 cm. Orange/brown or ‘tawny’. Ovoid at first then flattening out with a slight, darker umbo. The edge of the cap has striations in line with the gills underneath.
Gills
Gills white, free of the stem and crowded. The gills can be different lengths terminating before reaching the cap edge or stem.
Stem
8-12 cm long, 0.8-1.2 cm diameter. Starting white with a cap coloured flush developing when mature. Growing from an obvious sack like volva and tapering slightly towards the cap. No ring.
Volva
Has an obvious volval sack that can reach down a few centimetres into the earth.
Flesh
White, usually hollow in the stem.
Habitat
Mixed woodland, moorland and heaths particularly on acid soil.
Possible Confusion
The Grisette (Amanita vaginata) is similar but has a darker brown/grey cap. Care should always be taken when picking Amanitas for consumption.
The Orange Grisette (Amanita crocea), pictured, can also look similar but has a more orange/yellow cap, the same coloured stem but with a zig zag pattern and slightly off white gills.
Spore Print
White. Spherical.
Taste / Smell
Mushroomy.
Frequency
Common.
Other Facts
Must be cooked before consumption.
The Tawny Grisette is mycorrhizal with quite a few different trees including, oak, birch, chestnut, alder, spruce and pine.
2 comments for Tawny Grisette
Thankyou.
I refered to your online wildfoodok.com website before I cooked and ate for dinner some delicious mushrooms that sprung up in my garden this afternoon.
Boiled potatoes were my accompaniment! .
I’ve eaten many of these in the last three decades. Excellent, slightly sweet taste – most often found under birches.