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Amanita pyramidifera

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Amanita pyramidifera
Barrington Tops National Park, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. pyramidifera
Binomial name
Amanita pyramidifera
Amanita pyramidifera
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is free
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is inedible

Amanita pyramidifera is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Amanita. The cap is 8 to 21 centimetres (3 to 8+12 inches) in diameter, covered in pyramid type scales which may be white or greyish brown. The stem is 5 to 9 cm (2 to 3+12 in) long, white with pyramidal scales.[1][2][3]

Found in eastern Australia, the species grows in moist sites associated with eucalyptus forest or rainforest.

References

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  1. ^ "Amanita pyramidifera". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Amanita pyramidifera". Amanitaceae.org. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Amanita pyramidifera" (PDF). QueenslandFungi.org.au. Retrieved March 22, 2020.