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| image =Amanita porphyria Alb. & Schwein 355243 2013-08-06 (cropped).jpg
| image_width = 300px
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| regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]]
| divisio = [[Basidiomycota]]
| classis = [[Agaricomycetes]]
| subclassis = [[Hymenomycete]]s
| ordo = [[Agaricales]]
| familia = [[Amanitaceae]]
| genus = '''''Amanita'''''
| species = '''''A. porphyria'''''
| binomial = ''Amanita porphyria''
| binomial_authority = ([[Alb.]] & [[Lewis David de Schweinitz|Schwein.]] ex [[Elias Magnus Fries|Fr.]]) [[Louis Secretan|Secr.]]
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms = * Agaricus porphyreus (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 14 (1821)
* Agaricus recutitus Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 6 (1838)
* Amanita recutita (Fr.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 42 (1874)
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{{Mycomorphbox
| name = Amanita porphyria
| whichGills = free
| capShape = convex
| hymeniumType=gills
| stipeCharacter=ring and volva
| ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
| sporePrintColor=white
| howEdible=poisonous
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'''''Amanita porphyria''''', also known as the '''grey veiled amanita''', is a fairly common, inedible [[basidiomycete]] [[mushroom]] of the genus ''[[Amanita]]'' found in [[Europe]] and [[North America]].

==Description==
The cap is hemispherical when young, later flat. It is 4–10&nbsp;cm in diameter, greyish brown to brown in colour, usually smooth, sometimes with grey patches. The gills are white and free from the stem. The spores are white. The stem is 5–12&nbsp;cm high and 1-1.5&nbsp;cm thick and has a grey to black ring. The stem has a basal bulb. The flesh is white with a smell of [[radish]]. ''A. porphyria'' usually grows near [[coniferous]] trees.

==Uses==
''A. porphyria'' is not suitable for consumption. It is considered slightly poisonous and, more importantly, can easily be confused with much more poisonous species such as the Panther cap ''([[Amanita pantherina]])''.

==See also==
{{Portal|Fungi}}
*[[List of Amanita species]]

==References==
*E. Garnweidner. ''Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and Europe''. Collins. 1994.

==External links==
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{{Amanitas}}
{{Poisonous Amanitas}}
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[[Category:Amanita|porphyria]]
[[Category:Poisonous fungi]]
[[Category:Fungi of North America]]
[[Category:Fungi of Europe]]


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