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Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amanita frostiana, also known as Frost's amanita,[3] is a small yellow-to-red fungus found in eastern North America.
| Amanita frostiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. frostiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita frostiana (Peck) Saccardo | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Amanita frostiana | |
|---|---|
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is unknown |
Some of the species' notable physical characteristics, however, distinguish it from the other members of the genus. For instance, the colors of the cap, darkening over the disk and the universal veil colored yellow to cream. The other characteristics of the other parts of its body are as follows:
A. frostiana is similar to a range of species, including others in the species Amanita like A. rubrovolvata, A. flavoconia, A. albocreata, A. muscaria var. muscaria or simply A. muscaria.
A. rubrovolvata is slightly similar physically to this species. The fungus produces small- to medium-sized mushrooms, with reddish-orange caps. Roger Heim reported A. frostiana as occurring in Thailand,[7] but this was probably a misidentification of A. rubrovolvata.
A. subfrostiana, also referred to as 'False Frost's Amanita', has the same natural habitat as of A. frostiana, but is mostly distributed in southwestern China.[8] It resembles A. frostiana but differs in the paleness of color in the caps.
The distinct and starkly white bulb (e.g., 17 x 15 mm) bears a white or yellow-white collar that is somewhat similar to the collar seen in the exannulate A. albocreata,[1] which is a species of the hardwood-hemlock (Tsuga) forest of the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada and of boreal forest at least as far north as the Island of Newfoundland.
The clamps present at bases of basidia of this species specially support the presumed relationship to A. muscaria var. muscaria or simply A. muscaria.[1] A. muscaria is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus.
Many misidentifications have taken place while recognizing A. flavoconia, one of the most common and widespread species of Amanita in eastern North America, due to various similar physical characteristics. It is mostly confused due to their microscopic features.[9]
This rare species is considered native to eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada.[1] It is normally found in mixed forests with oaks (mostly Quercus oaks) and conifers (mostly Pinaceae conifers).[1]
This species is of unknown edibility and may be poisonous.[4][10][11]
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