Amanita grandis
| Amanita grandis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. grandis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amanita grandis Justo, 2010
| |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
Etymology
Grandis means "great" or "large," so Amanita grandis means "great mushroom."[3]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Amanita grandis". fungi.biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "What does grandis mean in Latin?". WordHippo. Retrieved 2025-10-31.