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Amanita crocea (Quél.) Singer · Amanitaceae
Also: Saffron ringless amanita
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The orange grisette is a slender relative of the Amanita with a smooth, shiny, yellow-orange cap, a grooved margin and a lobed volva on the stem. It has no ring. It is considered edible, but is poisonous raw and, because of the risk of confusion with death caps, only for confident experts.
It has no ring, a grooved cap margin and a sac-like volva at the stem base. Deadly poisonous death caps, by contrast, have a smooth cap margin and a ringed stem, although the ring can be lost with age. Grisettes are poisonous raw and edible only when well cooked.
It has a ring on the stem, a smooth cap margin and a bulbous stem base with a volva. The strongest distinguishing feature: grisettes never have a ring and always have a grooved cap margin. Deadly poisonous.
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It is slimmer and smaller and stands more often near conifers such as spruce, not near alder, ash, hornbeam, hazel or poplar. It too is edible only when well cooked.
View on the mapIt forms mycorrhiza only with birch. The spores are slightly more elongated and the cap skin of mature fruiting bodies is clearly two-layered, which can only be checked under a microscope.
| Orange grisette | Death cap | Tawny grisette | Amanita flavescens | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap | yellow-orange to orange brown, 5 to 10 cm, margin grooved | olive to yellowish green, smooth margin, 5 to 15 cm | reddish brown to orange brown, grooved | pale yellow to yellowish, grooved |
| Underside | white to cream, free gills | white, free gills | white, free gills | white, free gills |
| Stem | slender, snakeskin pattern, sac-like volva, no ring | with hanging ring, bulbous base with volva | slender, snakeskin pattern, volva, no ring | slender, volva, no ring |
| Flesh | thin-fleshed, fragile | fleshy | thin-fleshed, fragile | thin-fleshed, fragile |
| Edibility | Edible with caution | deadly poisonous | edible with restrictions | edible with restrictions |
Coniferous and deciduous woods, preferably near birches and on acidified soils. No reliable information.
Birch, oak, alder, spruce, hornbeam, hazel and poplar.
possible good main season
Mainly in summer.
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Poison centre:
Emergency: 112 · 999
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112
Mushroom advice: DGfM: find a mushroom expert. Certified mushroom experts of the German Mycological Society (DGfM).
Collecting rules: Mushrooms that are not specially protected may be collected in small quantities for personal use unless a protected area or ban applies. Certain specially protected edible species (e.g. cep, chanterelle, birch bolete) may be collected in small quantities for personal use.
Poison centre:
Emergency: 112 · 144
Mushroom advice: Austrian Mycological Society (ÖMG): mushroom advice. Mushroom advice by the Austrian Mycological Society or regional services such as municipal market offices.
Collecting rules: At most 2 kg of mushrooms per person per day unless the forest owner has prohibited collecting; organised collecting events are prohibited. Additional state rules apply (collecting hours, closed seasons), e.g. Carinthia, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Salzburg.
Not specially protected.
Use only when well cooked; raw it is poisonous. Fry or steam cap and stem like other delicate mushrooms. Cook for at least 15 minutes.
No reliable information on drying. Poisonous raw, eat only when thoroughly cooked. Eat only if the lack of a ring and the grooved cap margin have been checked with certainty: a mushroom with a ring is not a grisette.
Yes, it is used as an edible mushroom, but it is poisonous raw and edible only when well cooked. Because it can be mistaken for death caps, only confident experts should collect it.
By the smooth, yellow-orange cap with a grooved margin, the white free gills, the sac-like volva at the stem base and the lack of a ring.
For other grisettes such as the tawny grisette and Amanita flavescens, which are also edible only when cooked. The deadly poisonous death caps are dangerous: they have a smooth cap margin and a ring on the stem, although it can be lost with age.
From June to November, mainly in summer, in deciduous and coniferous woods.
No substitute for having your finds checked in person. No guarantee of accuracy. Updated: 17.10.2026.
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