Amanita excelsa, also known as the European false blushing amanita, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows in deciduous forests.
This mushroom is a secondary food source for adults and larvae of the pleasing fungus beetle Tritoma biguttata, or at least its subspecies T.b.affinis.Goodrich, Michael A. & Skelley, Paul E. (1994): Fungal host records for species of Tritoma (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of America North of Mexico. Entomol. News 105: 289-294. PDF fulltext
Toxicity Amanita excelsa var. alba is inedible.
A. excelsa var. spissa is edible, but can easily be confused with the highly poisonous A. pantherina.
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