Amanita volvata

Amanita volvata, also known as volvate amanita[1] is an inedible[2] white-coloured species of fungi from the family Amanitaceae found in the southeastern United States. Can be confused with Amanita ponderosa, but that species is from the Iberian peninsula. The species is amyloid and have saccate volva,[3] and elliptic spores.[4]

Amanita volvata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. volvata
Binomial name
Amanita volvata
(Peck), Lloyd
Amanita volvata
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex or flat
hymenium is free
stipe has a volva
spore print is white
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: inedible

See also

References

  1. "Volvate Amanita". July 6, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
  2. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  3. 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.
  4. "Amanita volvata". Retrieved December 25, 2012.


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