Strange Mushroom

[PhotoHobbyist]

Saw this strange mushroom today. The layered base is peculiar. What is it?

 

[KJ_North]

FOUR!

Saw this strange mushroom today. The layered base is peculiar. What is it?

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[cgw]

Probably hallucinogenic but then could be toxic, too.
Any Mycologists on deck?

 

[Jeff15]

Very odd ...

 

[denum]

Would be interesting to know whether this is the final stage of growth, or will it blossom into something more familiar. As it is, it kinda looks like a pawn from a giant chess game.

 

[PhotoHobbyist]

Would be interesting to know whether this is the final stage of growth, or will it blossom into something more familiar. As it is, it kinda looks like a pawn from a giant chess game.

I'll try to get another pic if a squirrel doesn't eat it. It is on a bicycle trail three miles into the woods.

 

[407370]

Apparently its a

Amanita virgineoides​

Fungus season is about to start in UK.

cheers
JBO

 

[PhotoHobbyist]

Apparently its a

Amanita virgineoides​

Fungus season is about to start in UK.

cheers
JBO

I googled Amanita virgineoides which popped up a picture of another mushroom, Amanita Abrupta, which has the strange layered bottom. That maybe it. I saw it this morning and it has not changed yet.

Amanita abrupta - Wikipedia

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