Habitat: It occurs in conifer and mixed woods and has been reported with a variety of tree hosts including alder.

Substrate: Leaf litter and soil

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: The edibility of A. silvicola is uncertain, but its close relationship to A. smithiana should preclude anyone from eating it.

The edibility of A. silvicola is uncertain, but its close relationship to A. smithiana should preclude anyone from eating it.

Amanita silvicola is a small to medium-sized species with a rather short, stout stipe in relation to the cap diameter, and A. smithiana, is a usually larger species with a rather long rooting stipe that tapers upward from a spindle-shaped base. A. silvicola usually pushes up the litter or soil from a deep-seated, club-shaped or rimmed stipe base. The outer veil covers the cap and leaves a slight rim of tissue around the stipe base. The partial veil also is soft and fragile and leaves a floccose zone on the upper stipe when the cap expands; typically the surface of the stipe has a soft powdery to cottony covering. The gills are white, close, and have floccose edges.