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Amanita subvaginata

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Order
  
Agaricales

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Subclass
  
Hymenomycetes

Family
  
Amanitaceae

Amanita subvaginata

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Amanita subvaginata, also known as Australian False Vaginata is a species of mycorrhizal fungus from Amanitaceae family that can be found in Sydney and New South Wales, Australia.

Description

  • Cap: The cap is convex, 32 millimetres (1.3 in) wide, and is ashy-grey coloured with a striate margin.
  • Gill: They are very close to a stem and are white coloured, and with roughened edges.
  • Stem: It is up to 39 millimetres (1.5 in) in length, is solid, stout, and have a powdery covering. It has a bulbous base that is slight. The species volva is located on the side of the bulb is marginate, and is of the same ashy-grey colour as the cap.
  • Spores: They are 7.5–9.0 micrometres (0.00030–0.00035 in) in diameter and are globose and inamyloid as well. Six of the spores are 8.7–9.7 millimetres (0.34–0.38 in) high and 7.8–8.8 micrometres (0.00031–0.00035 in) wide in diameter. They are also subglobose and ellipsoid.

    • References

    Amanita subvaginata Wikipedia
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