Amanita coacta - Amanitaceae.org - Taxonomy and Morphology of Amanita and Limacella
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name Amanita coacta
name status nomen acceptum
author Bas
english name "Felted Volva Ringless Amanita"
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  • Amanita coacta, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.Amanita coacta, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    1. Amanita coacta, Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

  • Amanita coacta, close up of typical felted thick warts, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.Amanita coacta, close up of typical felted thick warts, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    2. Amanita coacta, close up of typical felted thick warts, Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

  • Amanita coacta, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.Amanita coacta, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    4. Amanita coacta, Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

  • Amanita coacta, stipe base and typical volval arrangement, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.Amanita coacta, stipe base and typical volval arrangement, Parque Estadual
das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

    7. Amanita coacta, stipe base and typical volval arrangement, Parque Estadual das Fontes do Ipiranga, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil.

  • intro

    This description is taken from the original description of Bas (1978).

    cap

    The cap of A. coacta is 40 mm wide, umber in the center and pallid in marginal grooves, concave with or without a very slight umbo, with a sulcate-striate margin (extending to 50% of the radius). The volva is present as a few irregularly shaped, paler gray-brown felted, thin patches around the center of the cap.

    gills

    The gills are free, crowded, fairly broad, and white. The short gills are very scarce and truncate.

    stem

    The stem is 70 × 3 mm, tapering upward, without a bulb, exannulate, and white. The flesh is white and unchanging. The volva is up to 10 mm high at the base of the stem and felted-submembranous.

    odor/taste Odor and taste were not described for this species.
    spores

    The spores measure 8.5 - 10.0 × 6.5 - 7.5 µm, and are broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid. Clamps are absent at the bases of basidia.

    discussion

    This species was originally described from material collected in secondary rain forest (Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil) by Dr. Rolf Singer.—R. E. Tulloss & L. Possiel

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