Amanita nivalis Grev.

Filed As

Agaricaceae
Amanita nivalis Grev.
Collector(s)

R. Watling 17489, 08 Sep 1984
Location

United Kingdom. Scotland. Aberdeenshire Council Area. Cairnwell. Grampian Range.
Habitat

Valley separating two colonies of Salix herbacea.
Description

Original Watling material contained in a packet inside of Miller herbarium box. The outside of the box notes: "Amanita nivalis; Watling 17489; part of holotype [sic]; part at Birmingham, Ala., with Dave Jenkins".
Collection Notes

Microscopic anatomy of the Watling collection examined by Dr. Tulloss is the basis of, and included in, the technical description of A. nivalis at [http://www.amanitaceae.org?Amanita_nivalis.] A 631-character fragment from the nrLSU gene was sequenced based on the Edinbugh material (GenBank AF024466). Neotype, E; isoneotype, L; isoneotype, NY; isoneotype, RET 042-5 (fragments only).
Specimen Notes

Ex Herb. E. Designated by special label on note in box as "Type Specimen." At science thread of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Web site collection is designated NEOTYPE.
Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01937400

Occurrence ID: 470f40df-a229-486b-9536-ef8b3a12edb0
GenBank

AF024466 (nrLSU)
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Kingdom

Fungi
Division

Basidiomycota
Family

Amanitaceae
All Determinations

Amanita nivalis Grev. det R. Watling
Note: Email comm. from R.E. Tulloss, 14 Nov 2013: "Neotypification of A. nivalis is not possible because of the existence of Greville's plate 18 (part of the original description of A. nivalis in Scottish Cryptogamic Flora, 1826), which is required to serve as lectotype in the absence of other original material. According to Prof. Watling there is no other original material in existence. To have any nomenclatural status at all, I believe Watling 17489 should be redesignated as an epitype."

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