Amanita viscidolutea

Amanita viscidolutea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. viscidolutea
Binomial name
Amanita viscidolutea
Menolli, Capelari & Baseia, 2009

Amanita viscidolutea is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae native to Brazil.

Taxonomy

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The species was first described by Menolli, Capelari & Baseia in 2009.[1]

Description

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Amanita viscidolutea has a yellow pileus of 4–6 centimetres (1+122+12 inches) in diameter, plane to depressed, with distinct striate white margin and yellowish-white patches of universal veil at center. Lamellae are free, yellowish-white, truncate to rounded-truncate. The stipe is 8–12 cm (3–4+12 in) tall and about 38 millimetres (1+12 in) wide, yellowish-white and exannulate, with bulb-shaped remnants of universal veil encircling stipe base. It has a pleasant aroma. Basidiospores are inamyloid.[2]

Distribution and habitat

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Native to Brazil, this species is solitary to subgregarious, and grows in sandy soil. It is associated and thus possibly in mycorrhizal symbiosis with Coccoloba and Guapira species.[1][2]

Conservation

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It is listed as a vulnerable species on IUCN Red List.[1] Given its habitat, it is threatened by deforestation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".
  2. ^ a b Menolli, Nelson; Capelari, Marina; Baseia, Iuri Goulart (May 2009). "Amanita viscidolutea , a new species from Brazil with a key to Central and South American species of Amanita section Amanita". Mycologia. 101 (3): 395–400. doi:10.3852/07-079. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 19537212. S2CID 7594094.