Amanita brunneolocularis

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Amanita brunneolocularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. brunneolocularis
Binomial name
Amanita brunneolocularis
Tulloss, Ovrebo & Halling 1992

Amanita brunneolocularis, also known as the Mesoamerican dark volva blusher, is an uncommon species of Amanita. [1]

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Taxonomy

Specimens were found in September 2006 in North Carolina. It was originally thought to be some variety of Amanita rubescens. This was later found to be false, and that this was a complete different species. This new species was named Amanita brunneolocularis. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Amanita brunneolocularis in Amanitaceae".