Amanita aliena

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Amanita aliena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. aliena
Binomial name
Amanita aliena
Wartchow & Cortez (2016)
Amanita aliena
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
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Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
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Amanita aliena is a fungus belonging to the genus Amanita and the subgenus of the same name. Its name comes from the Latin word "aliena" which stands for "foreign". It grows in isolation on soil and is in association with Eucalyptus trees. Its distribution is said to span south Brazil from the States of Rio Grande do Sul to Santa Catarina. The first specimen was discovered in 2008 but it was not published until 2016. [1]

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References

  1. Wartchow, F (2016). "A new species of Amanita growing under Eucalyptus is discovered in South Brazil" (PDF). Mycosphere. 7 (3): 262–267. doi: 10.5943/mycosphere/7/3/2 .

Amanita aliena in MycoBank .