Amanita excelsa

Suprapellis filamentous, with a layer of hyphae strongly separated by gelification, beneath which lie more compacted hyphae with faint intracellular pigment and devoid of clamp connections.

Lamellar edge with abundant hyaline cheilocystidia, spherical or pyriform.

Basidia clavate, slightly widened at the apex, 4-spored.

Spores ovoid to short ellipsoidal, smooth, thin-walled, with a distinct apiculus, a large internal vacuole, and amyloid in Melzer's reagent.