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Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl., Austral. Syst. Bot. 4 351 (1991)
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991

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Uncertain
Present
New Zealand
Political Region

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G.S. Ridl.
G.S. Ridl.
1991
351
ineffectively published, invalidly published
ICN
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
NZ
species
Amanita sp. 2

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sp. 2

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Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991

This is a unique species amongst the Amanita with its unusual elongated umbo. The volva consisting of rows of large, inflated, cylindrical cells places it in subsection Vittadinae of section and subgenus Lepidella. Unfortunately the lamellae were in poor condition, making it difficult to determine the presence or absence of clamp connections at the base of the basidia. Using both options the most satisfactory stirps appears to be Thiersii (Bas 1969), with its clampless basidia and globose basidiospores. Amanita sp. 2 is very similar to A. thiersii Bas and A. aureoftoccosa Bas, differing principally in its larger basidlospores and unusual pileus. A. thiersii was collected from a lawn in Texas, and A. aureofloccosa from dry forest in the Congo. The present species was found on a lawn under Chamaecyparis, an introduced ornamental tree. Considering its habitat and limited known distribution, it was probably introduced to New Zealand with Chamaecyparis from Europe or North America.

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Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. (1991)
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. (1991)
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. (1991)
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. (1991)
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. (1991)
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991

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Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
New Zealand
Hawkes Bay
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
New Zealand
Mid Canterbury
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
New Zealand
Northland
Amanita sp. 2 G.S. Ridl. 1991
New Zealand
Wellington

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taxonomic status
Saproamanita 'noddy' on account of the Noddy-shaped cap. = S. galerumgandalfi ined. [JAC]

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1cb1d1c3-36b9-11d5-9548-00d0592d548c
scientific name
Names_Fungi
15 March 2001
3 July 2018
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