Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: The group contains a number of edible species but, given the difficulties in their identification, we do not recommend them for the table.

The group contains a number of edible species but, given the difficulties in their identification, we do not recommend them for the table.

Amanita constricta is characterized by a gray-brown to brown cap, white to grayish or gray-brown-tinged gills, small white to buff or grayish patches on the cap, and a delicate sac-like volva, the lower portion of which is attached to the stipe base and is constricted above before flaring outward at the upper edge. The volva may or may no develop reddish stains.

Sources: Trudell, Steve and Joe Ammirati. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Timber Press, Inc. 2009.