Amanita volvata
| Amanita volvata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. volvata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amanita volvata (Peck), Lloyd
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Amanita volvata | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex or flat |
 | hymenium is free |
 | stipe has a volva |
 | spore print is white |
 | ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | edibility: inedible |
Amanita volvata, also known as volvate amanita[1][2] is an inedible[3] white-coloured species of fungi from the family Amanitaceae found in the southeastern United States. Can be confused with , but that species is from the Iberian peninsula. The species is amyloid and have saccate volva,[4] and elliptic spores.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Volvate Amanita". July 6, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Orson K. Miller, Hope Miller (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. A Falcon Guide. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ "Amanita volvata". Retrieved December 25, 2012.
External links[]
- Photo of Amanita volvata on Flickr
- Photos of Amanita volvata
- Photo of Amanita volvata on David Work Mushroom Photography
- Detailed photos of Amanita volvata anatomy[permanent dead link]
- Amanita volvata in MycoBank.
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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 the United States
- Ecology of the Appalachian Mountains
- Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck
- Amanitaceae stubs