Amanita aliena

Amanita aliena is a fungus belonging to the genus Amanita and the subgenus of the same name. Its name comes from the Latin word "aliena" which stands for "foreign". It grows in isolation on soil and is in association with Eucalyptus trees. Its distribution is said to span south Brazil from the States of Rio Grande do Sul to Santa Catarina. The first specimen was discovered in 2008 but it was not published until 2016.[1]

Amanita aliena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. aliena
Binomial name
Amanita aliena
Wartchow & Cortez (2016)
Amanita aliena
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe has a ring
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

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References

Amanita aliena in MycoBank.


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