Amanita multisquamosa

Amanita multisquamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. multisquamosa
Binomial name
Amanita multisquamosa
Peck 1901
Amanita multisquamosa
Mycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

Amanita multisquamosa or the small funnel-veil amanita[1] is a species of Amanita from the coniferous forest of eastern North America.[2]

Description

Amanita multisquamosa has a convex cap that turns flat by age it is 30 - 110 mm wide It has a rather pallid cap with a disc that is tinted tan or brown; the cap margin is striate. It has multiple whitish to yellowish warts. [2][3]

The gills of Amanita multisquamosa are free, crowded, and white.[2][3]

The stipe is 35 - 130 × 3 - 12 mm. It is white, has a volva, and has a ring. The ring on this mushroom is often pulled up by the expansion of the pileus and so it looks funnel-shaped.[2][3]

The white spores are (6.6-) 7.0 - 11.2 (-15.0) × (5.2-) 5.6 - 8.4 (-8.7) μm and are imamyloid.[2][3]

It is white inside and doesn't change color when cut or bruised.[3]

Habitat

Amanita multisquamosa is a mycorrhizal mushrom found in coniferous and deciduous forest in eastern North America.[2][4][3]

Edibility

The edibility is unknown and may be poisonous.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Amanita multisquamosa in Amanitaceae". Archived from the original on 2012-06-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Amanita multisquamosa (MushroomExpert.Com)". www.mushroomexpert.com. Archived from the original on 2025-12-11. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
  4. ^ "White Panther (Amanita multisquamosa)". nebraskamushrooms.org. Archived from the original on 2025-09-16. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
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