Biology:Amanita pyramidifera

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Short description: Species of fungus

Amanita pyramidifera
Amanita pyramidifera Gloucester Tops.jpg
Barrington Tops National Park, Australia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. pyramidifera
Binomial name
Amanita pyramidifera
D.A.Reid
Amanita pyramidifera
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
spore print is white
edibility: inedible

Amanita pyramidifera is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Amanita. The cap is 8 to 21 centimetres (3 to 8 12 inches) in diameter, covered in pyramid type scales which may be white or greyish brown. The stem is 5 to 9 cm (2 to 3 12 in) long, white with pyramidal scales.[1][2][3]

Found in eastern Australia , the species grows in moist sites associated with eucalyptus forest or rainforest.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q88263691 entry