Amanita austroviridis occurs entirely buried in sand and the cap does not appear above the surface until the mushroom is mature.
The cap is 42 - 76 mm wide, olive-buff, broadly convex, sometimes slightly depressed in the center, sometimes with margin flaring up, dry.
The volva is present as small, flat patches tinted olive-buff to olivaceous-gray. The flesh is light green or light gray tinted olivaceous.
The gills are free or narrowly attached, green, drying dark greenin twos.
The stem is expands subabruptly to a turnip-shaped bulb.The lower part of the bulb is inserted in the substrate and tapers to a blunt base.
The odor is "stale and unpleasant."
Habitat Coastal shrub vegetation
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