Amanita magniverrucata

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Amanita magniverrucata
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Young specimen
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. magniverrucata
Binomial name
Amanita magniverrucata
Amanita magniverrucata
Mycological characteristics
Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svgFlat cap icon.svg Cap is convex or flat
Free gills icon2.svgAdnate gills icon2.svg Hymenium is free or adnate
Ring and volva stipe icon.svg Stipe has a ring and volva
Transparent spore print icon.svg
 Spore print is white
Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
Mycomorphbox Question.pngMycomorphbox Poison.pngEdibility is unknown or poisonous

Amanita magniverrucata, commonly known as the pine cone amanita, [2] [3] or great pine jewel, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Amanitaceae.

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Taxonomy

It was first described scientifically by American mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and Joseph Ammirati in 1982. [4]

Description

It is a whitish mushroom. The cap is typically up to 20 centimetres (8 in) wide with dark scales. The gills are very close. The stem is about 7–13 cm (3–5 in) long. [2] The smell is mild but unpleasant in age and the spore print is white. [5] While its edibility is unknown, it may be poisonous, [6] as are other Amanitas in the same subgroup. [2]

Although there are a number of lookalike species, its large warts are a distinguishing feature. [2]

Ecology

It is mycorrhizal and associates with the tree Pinus radiata (the Monterey pine). [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Siegel, N. (2021). "Amanita magniverrucata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T195921722A195926244. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T195921722A195926244.en . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 274–75. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
  3. ↑ Schwarz, Christian; Siegel, Noah (2016). Mushrooms of the redwood coast: a comprehensive guide to the fungi of coastal northern California. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN   978-1-60774-817-5.
  4. 1 2 Thiers HD, Ammirati JF. (1982). "New species of Amanita from western North America". Mycotaxon. 15: 155–66. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  5. ↑ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 533. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  6. ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 24. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.


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