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Coker's Amanita (Amanita cokeri) Large (around 18 cm tall), striking white mushroom with a white, waxy cap covered in white warts. White universal veil is present, entirely covering crowded cream-colored gills. Stipe is also white with shaggy or scaled appearance and ends in a large, ridged basal bulb. Basal bulb has concentric grooves. Spore print is white.<br /> <br /> Habitat:<br /> Top of forest ridge, growing in thick mulch/leaves below large hardwoods and pines. In Northeast Alabama (Cherokee County), US.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/65087/cokers_amanita_amanita_cokeri.html" title="Coker&#039;s Amanita (Amanita cokeri)"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3231/65087_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=rzWZEStGtEbDX%2B6i4qJY6HeBiGo%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Coker&#039;s Amanita (Amanita cokeri) Habitat/Location: Top of forest ridge, growing in thick mulch/leaves below large hardwoods and pines. In Northeast Alabama (Cherokee County), US.<br /> <br /> Gills: White to cream, crowded, covered in a white veil<br /> <br /> Stipe: White, slightly scaled appearance, ending in large, ridged basal volva<br /> <br /> Cap: White, waxy texture, white warts around the edge.<br /> <br /> Spore print color: White<br /> <br /> Bruising: No major bruising noticeable.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56230/amanita_cokeri_-_solitary_lepidella_cokers_amanita.html<br /> Amanita cokeri,Coker&#039;s Amanita,Fall,Geotagged,United States" /></a></figure> Amanita cokeri,Fall,Geotagged,United States,agaricales,agaricomycetes,amanita,amanitaceae,basidiomycota,coker's amanita,fungi,fungus,mushroom,mushrooms,solitary lepidella Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Coker's Amanita (Amanita cokeri)

Large (around 18 cm tall), striking white mushroom with a white, waxy cap covered in white warts. White universal veil is present, entirely covering crowded cream-colored gills. Stipe is also white with shaggy or scaled appearance and ends in a large, ridged basal bulb. Basal bulb has concentric grooves. Spore print is white.

Habitat:
Top of forest ridge, growing in thick mulch/leaves below large hardwoods and pines. In Northeast Alabama (Cherokee County), US.

Coker's Amanita (Amanita cokeri) Habitat/Location: Top of forest ridge, growing in thick mulch/leaves below large hardwoods and pines. In Northeast Alabama (Cherokee County), US.<br /> <br /> Gills: White to cream, crowded, covered in a white veil<br /> <br /> Stipe: White, slightly scaled appearance, ending in large, ridged basal volva<br /> <br /> Cap: White, waxy texture, white warts around the edge.<br /> <br /> Spore print color: White<br /> <br /> Bruising: No major bruising noticeable.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56230/amanita_cokeri_-_solitary_lepidella_cokers_amanita.html<br /> Amanita cokeri,Coker's Amanita,Fall,Geotagged,United States

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The Coker's Amanita

"Amanita cokeri", commonly known as Coker's Amanita and Solitary Lepidella, is a mushroom in the Amanitaceae family. The mushroom is poisonous. First described as "Lepidella cokeri" in 1928, it was transferred to the genus "Amanita" in 1940.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Jan 4, 2018. Captured Oct 13, 2017 17:52 in 547 Higginbotham Rd, Collinsville, AL 35961, USA.
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  • Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
  • f/3.5
  • 1/100s
  • ISO400
  • 60mm
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