| name |
Amanita bellulasinusmexicani |
| author |
Tulloss, Pastorino and S. D. Russell |
| name status |
nomen provisorum |
| english name |
"Little Beauty of the Gulf of Mexico" |
| etymology |
bellula, little beauty + sinu, of the Gulf.
Because the species was found first in states adjacent
to the Gulf of Mexico. |
| GenBank nos. |
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| intro |
Olive text indicates a specimen that has not been
thoroughly examined (for example, for microscopic details) and marks other places in the text
where data is missing or uncertain.
The following material is derived from collectors'
notes and photographs and from other original research
of R. E. Tulloss. |
| pileus |
45 - 76 mm wide, light orange to pale brownish brown
over disc, entirely light orange when young bleaching
outside of disc, with age;
context white, up to 9.5 mm thick
above stipe; margin short striate (0.15 - 0.3R);
universal veil absent in available material. |
| lamellae |
free to slightly adnexed, close, white to cream;
lamellulae ??. |
| stipe |
142 - 178 × 7 - 12.5 mm, pallid to pale buff,
ornamented with gray
fibrils in lower half, with some brown staining
in upper half, narrowing upward, flaring
at apex; context stuffed to partially hollow;
exannulate; universal veil as
saccate membranous volva, white, persistent, thin,
with cottony surface, 34 - 38 × 15 - 16 mm. |
| odor/taste |
Odor not distinct. Taste
not recorded. |
macrochemical
tests |
none recorded. |
| partial veil |
absent. |
| lamella edge tissue |
sterile. |
| basidiospores |
RET: [20/1/1] 9.1 -10.8 (-12.6) × (7.3-)
7.7 -8.7 (-9.8) μm, (L = 10.2 μm;
W = 8.1 μm; Q = 1.14 - 1.31 (-1.36);
Q = 1.26), hyaline, colorless, thin-walled,
smooth, inamyloid, broadly ellipsoid,
occasionally subglobose, occasionally ellipsoid,
??;
apiculus ??;
contents ??; white
in deposit. |
| ecology |
Florida: Solitary. In sandy loam with Pinus
and hardwoods.
Louisiana: Solitary. At
edge of Pinus palustris forest or
three next to Quercus marilandica,
Cedrus, and Carya.
Texas: Solitary. In sandy soil of mixed woods. |
| material examined |
U.S.A.:
FLORIDA—Leon Co. - Tallahassee, Leon Sinks
Geological Area [30.3148º N/ 84.3428º W, 11 m],
30.vii.2017 Russell de Grove s.n. [mushroomobserver
#284459]
(RET 794-9, nrITS seq'd.).
Marion Co. - Ocala Nat. For.,
11.viii.1985 Aaron Norarevian s.n. [Tulloss
8-11-85-AN5] (RET 091-6, nrITS seq'd.).
LOUISIANA—Tangipahoa Parish -
Kentwood, 20.viii.2018 Logan Weidenfeld s.n.
[mushroomobserver
#328692]
(RET 844-2, nrITS-LSU seq'd.).
Vernon Parish - Victor Martin Rd.,
Talbert-Pierson Cemetery, 16.v.2009 David P.
Lewis 8951 (RET 429-6, nrITS-LSU seq'd.).
TEXAS—Polk Co. - Big Sandy Trail, Big Thicket Nat.
Preserve, 10.vi.2019 Ron Pastorino 6-10-19C
[mushroomobserver
#369908]
RET 868-9 nrITS-LSU seq'd.).
Tyler Co. - Big Thicket National Preserve, North Turkey Creek Unit [30.604° N/ 94.3453° W, 39 m],
11.vi.2014 Ron Pastorino 6-11-14J
[mushroomobserver
#168179]
(RET 622-9); Big
Thicket Nat. Preserve, Turkey Creek
Unit [30.6037° N/ 94.3490° W , 25m],
9.vi.2013 R. Pastorino 6-9-13F [mushroomobserver
#137881]
(RET 544-1, nrITS-LSU seq'd.). |
| discussion |
This species was formerly know as Amanita
sp-F10 in these pages. |
| citations |
—R. E. Tulloss |
| editors |
RET |
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Spore data sets and their composite