Amanita grandis

Amanita grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Amanitaceae
Genus:	Amanita
Species:	A. grandis
Binomial name
Amanita grandis Justo, 2010
Synonyms
Torrendia grandis Bougher

Amanita grandis is a sequestrate (secotioid) (underground) mushroom from Western Australia.

Description

Amanita grandis has a white spore, light colored gills, and a volva, but as a secotoid it looks different than other above ground mushrooms. ^{[1] [2]}

Range

Amanita grandis is found in Western Australia like all the other mushrooms in Section Amarrendiae . ^[3]

Etymology

Grandis means "great" or "large" so Amanita grandis means "great mushroom". ^[4]

References

1. Truong, Camille; Sánchez-Ramírez, Santiago; Kuhar, Francisco; Kaplan, Zachary; Smith, Matthew E. (2017-08-01). "The Gondwanan connection – Southern temperate Amanita lineages and the description of the first sequestrate species from the Americas" . Fungal Biology. 121 (8): 638–651. Bibcode:2017FunB..121..638T. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2017.04.006. ISSN   1878-6146. PMID   28705393.
2. "Amanita grandis". fungi.biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
3. Bougher, Neale L. (1999). "New species of Torrendia (Fungi, Agaricales) from remnant woodlands in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 12 (1): 145. Bibcode:1999AuSyB..12..145B. doi:10.1071/sb97038. ISSN   1030-1887.
4. "What does grandis mean in Latin?". WordHippo. Retrieved 2025-10-31.