Amanita magniverrucata
| Amanita magniverrucata | |
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| Young specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. magniverrucata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amanita magniverrucata Thiers &
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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: unknown |
Amanita magniverrucata, commonly known as great pine jewel, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Amanitaceae. First described scientifically by American mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and in 1982, it is mycorrhizal and associates with the tree Pinus radiata.[1]
While its edibility is unknown, it may be poisonous,[2] as are many Amanitas.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Thiers HD, Ammirati JF. (1982). "New species of Amanita from western North America". Mycotaxon. 15: 155–66. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ 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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| Subgenus Amanita |
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| Subgenus Amanitina |
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| Subgenus Lepidella (=Saproamanita) |
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Categories:
- Amanita
- Fungi of North America
- Fungi described in 1982
- Amanitaceae stubs