Amanita sculpta
Amanita sculpta is a species of Amanita found in Singapore, China, Japan,[1] Malaysia, Thailand and Laos.[2] It was first collected in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in 1939, and was described as new to science in 1962 by botanist E. J. H. Corner. It is a rare mushroom that has been put up for assessment for the IUCN Red List, and there were no sightings of it in Singapore until it was rediscovered there in 2020.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. sculpta |
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| Amanita sculpta Corner & Bas 1962 | |
It is distinctive in appearance because of its large in size (10 to 27 cm diameter), beige and dark brown cap with pileal warts, that has been compared to a chocolate chip cookie.[2]
References
- "Amanita sculpta". Tropicos. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- Green, Graeme (2022-12-22). "Lost and found: how a Facebook post led to the 'chocolate chip' toadstool". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
External links
Media related to Amanita sculpta at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Amanita sculpta at Wikispecies
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