Amanita pantherina v. velatipes (Atk.) Jenkins
Panther Amanita

pantherina, meaning spotted like a panther

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 7-15 cm; stalk central 8-20 cm long x 0.8-2 cm diameter, nearly equal. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 6.3-7.9 x (7.9) 8.7-11 (13.2) µm, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, not blue in Melzer's.

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not common

Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer, fall

  
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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