Amanita magniverrucata
Young specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. magniverrucata
Binomial name
Amanita magniverrucata
Thiers & Ammirati
Amanita magniverrucata
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

Amanita magniverrucata, commonly known as the pine cone amanita,[1] or great pine jewel, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Amanitaceae. First described scientifically by American mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and Joseph Ammirati in 1982, it is mycorrhizal and associates with the tree Pinus radiata.[2]

While its edibility is unknown, it may be poisonous,[3] as are many Amanitas.

See also

Amanita magniverrucata
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free or adnate
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown or poisonous

References

  1. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  2. ^ Thiers HD, Ammirati JF. (1982). "New species of Amanita from western North America". Mycotaxon. 15: 155–66. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  3. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.


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