Amanita sp-NFL01 - Amanitaceae.org - Taxonomy and Morphology of Amanita and Limacella
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name Amanita sp-NFL01
name status cryptonomen temporarium
author Tulloss
intro This temporarily numbered entity is based on material in DAOM that was collected in 1954 at Crater Lake, Labrador (92 - 96 km southwest of Saglek).
cap The cap of entity was described as silvery gray and 15 - 30 mm wide.&mbsp; The cap margin may become yellowish with age.
gills The gills are rounded at the cap margin and whitish to light tan to pinkish tan.
stem The stem is 5 - 10 mm thick, exannulate, white above, and gray below.  At the stem base, the volva breaks up into small patches or large warts.
spores The spores measure (9.3-) 9.8 - 12.3 (-13.2) × (8.5-) 8.6 - 11.0 (-12.5) µm and are subglobose to broadly ellipsoid and inamyloid. Clamp information t.b.d.
discussion The collection on which this temporary code item occured in dense moss on "coarse ground moraine," at about 610 m elevation in Labrador.

Compare to the better documented Amanita sp-NFL10.—R. E. Tulloss
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