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Amanita ananiceps White and dry, with pulverulent volval remains. Cleft, marginate bulbous base with volval warts around rim. Partial veil evanescent. Yellow tints on lamellae, stains yellow from handling. Amanita ananiceps Click/tap to enlarge

Amanita ananiceps

White and dry, with pulverulent volval remains. Cleft, marginate bulbous base with volval warts around rim. Partial veil evanescent. Yellow tints on lamellae, stains yellow from handling.

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The Amanita ananiceps

''Amanita ananiceps'' is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae native to Australia.

The species was initially described in 1844 by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley as ''Agaricus ananaeceps'', the specimen having been collected by Ronald Campbell Gunn in 1805 in Tasmania. Italian mycologist Pier Andrea Saccardo placed it in the genus ''Amanita'' in 1887. Australian mycologist Alec Wood spelt its species name ''ananaeceps'' in his 1997 monograph of Australian ''Amanita''... more

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Similar species: Agaricales
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Uploaded Nov 9, 2018. Captured Nov 8, 2018 22:11.
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  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/20.0
  • 1/395s
  • ISO800
  • 135mm