Amanita magniverrucata

Amanita magniverrucata, commonly known as the pine cone amanita,^[1][2] or great pine jewel, is a species of agaric mushroom in the family Amanitaceae. First described scientifically by American mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and Joseph Ammirati in 1982, it is mycorrhizal and associates with the tree Pinus radiata, which is commonly known as the Monterey pine.^[3]

Amanita magniverrucata
Young specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Amanitaceae
Genus:	Amanita
Species:	A. magniverrucata
Binomial name
Amanita magniverrucata Thiers & Ammirati

Amanita magniverrucata Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex or flat
	Hymenium is free or adnate
	Stipe has a ring and volva
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is unknown or poisonous

While its edibility is unknown, it may be poisonous,^[4] as are many Amanitas.

Spore print of Amanita magniverrucata

See also

• List of Amanita species

References

1. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
2. Schwarz, Christian; Siegel, Noah (2016). Mushrooms of the redwood coast: a comprehensive guide to the fungi of coastal northern California. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-1-60774-817-5.
3. Thiers HD, Ammirati JF. (1982). "New species of Amanita from western North America". Mycotaxon. 15: 155–66. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
4. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.