Biology:Amanita prairiicola
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Short description: Species of fungus
| American Prairie Lepidella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. prairiicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Amanita prairiicola Peck
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| Synonyms | |
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| Amanita prairiicola | |
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 | gills on hymenium |
 | cap is convex or flat |
 | hymenium is free |
 | spore print is white |
 | edibility: inedible |
Amanita prairiicola is an American fungus. Its cap is white, 6–20 centimetres (2 1⁄2–8 inches) across, and usually flat to convex. The gills are a cream to gold hue, free, crowded, and broad. The stalk is 15–20 by 2–4 cm (6–8 by 1–1 1⁄2 in), and is also cream colored.[1]
The species is native to western North America from Oregon to Arizona and eastward to Kansas . One specimen has been described in Argentina , though it may have been imported with soil. Unlike most Amanita species, it does not appear to need a mycorrhizal host and has been found in areas with no potential for a host, such as open cultivated fields and deserts.[2][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cripps, Cathy L.; Evenson, Vera S.; Kuo, Michael (2016). The Essential Guide to Rocky Mountain Mushrooms by Habitat. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252039966.
- ↑ "Amanita prairiicola". Amanitaceae. http://www.amanitaceae.org/?Amanita%20prairiicola. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
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| Subgenus Amanita |  | ||||||||
| Subgenus Amanitina |
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| Subgenus Lepidella (=Saproamanita) |
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Wikidata ☰ Q48988850 entry
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