Amanita sinicoflava

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Amanita sinicoflava
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. sinicoflava
Binomial name
Amanita sinicoflava
Tulloss (1988)
Amanita sinicoflava
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
Volva stipe icon.svg Stipe has a volva
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Spore print is white
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Edible.pngMycomorphbox Caution.pngEdibility is edible but not recommended

Amanita sinicoflava, the mandarin yellow ringless amanita, [1] [2] is an edible species of fungus in the large genus Amanita . [3]

Fruitbodies have yellow-olivaceous or olive-tan caps that measure 2.5–7 centimetres (1–3 inches) in diameter. There are grooves on the cap margin that extend about 40% of the distance from the margin to the apex. The spores are spherical or nearly so, typically measuring 9.1 to 12.2 micrometres (0.36 to 0.48 mils ) by 8.4 to 11.5 μm (0.33 to 0.45 mils). The white stipe is ornamented with slightly darker fibrils, and there are sac-like remnants of the volva at the stipe base. The specific epithet sinicoflava means "Chinese-yellow", referring to the cap color. [4]

Found in North America, the fungus was described as new to science in 1998 by mycologist Rodham Tulloss. The type collections were made in Sussex County, New Jersey. The mushroom grows in sandy soil under Quercus , Pinus rigida , Acer rubrum , Quercus alba , and Quercus velutina .

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References

  1. Tulloss R. "Amanita sinicoflava". Amanitaceae.org. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  2. "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  3. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 21. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.
  4. Tulloss R. (1988). "Amanita sinicoflava: A new species from eastern North America". Mycotaxon. 32: 421–431.