Amanita gayana

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Amanita gayana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. gayana
Binomial name
Amanita gayana
(Mont.) Sacc. 1887

Amanita gayana or Gay's death cap is a species of Amanita from Chile. [1]

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References

  1. "Amanita gayana in amanitaceae.org".