| name | Amanita sp-F14 |
| name status | cryptonomen temporarium |
| author | Tulloss |
| english name | "Kissimmee Yellow Dust Amanita" |
| images |
  1. Amanita sp-F14, Osceola Co., Florida, U.S.A. |
| intro | This description is based on several collections (many containing multiple specimens) that were sent to RET by Ellen Greer, who was then living in Kissimmee, Florida. Well-annotated collections of this taxon are sought by the editors. |
| cap | The cap of Amanita sp-F14 is reported to be about 42 mm wide and yellow-orange, but not with the uniformity of tone familiar from A. flavoconia. The convex cap fades to tan in direct sunlight. Its margin is not radially grooved. The volva is often absent. When present it takes the form of scattered, easily crushed, yellow warts. |
| gills | The gills are free, close, and white. There are plentiful short gills. |
| stem | The stem of A. sp-F14 is reported to be about 65 × 8 mm, cylindric, and white. bulb ??; It bears a a small, white, skirt-like ring that sometimes has yellow volval remnants attached to its edge. Small, yellow, crushable volval warts may be found on the lower stem or bulb or in surrounding soil or litter. |
| odor/taste | Odor and taste have not been recorded for this species. |
| spores | Spores of this species measure (6.1-) 7.0 - 9.5 (-10.0) × 4.5 - 6.0 (-6.5) μm and are ellipsoid to elongate (rarely broadly ellipsoid, rarely cylindric) and amyloid. Clamps are absent from bases of basidia. |
| discussion |
Our material was collected in a lawn in Osceola
County, Florida, U.S.A. in association with Laurel
Oak (Quercus laurifolia). This mushroom seems to belong in the "A. flavoconia group" and, within that group, with the taxa with narrower spores and caps not having their pigment arranged in fine radial lines (such as A. elongata and A. jenkinsii).—R. E. Tulloss and C. Rodríguez Caycedo |
| brief editors | RET |
Spore data sets and their composite