Amanita Pers.

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Cartago

• County/Municipio

  El Guarco (Canton)

• Locality

  Estrella ±5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Estrella.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1685 - 1720 m. (5528 - 5643 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.7678, -83.9553

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Annotation by R. E. Tulloss
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Costa Rica
Amanita sp.
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Sampled for DNA sequencing by: Naomi Goldman and Athena Wu	^	H3&/Zt/	J&lcz
Date: 3.vii.2015
Sequencing: Jozsef Geml, National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Netherlands Centre for
Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Contact Information: retamanita@comcast.net
GenBank Accession Number: not available at this time, when available will appear on the
technical tab at http://www.amanitaceae.org
AGARICALES OF COSTA RICA
Amanita
Costa Rica. Cartago: Estrella
5 km E of km 31 on Interamerican highway	03/11/93
near town of Estrella.
9°46' 5"N, 83°57' 20"W; 1717 m.
Vegetation: Quercus oocarpa dominant forest.
Solitary, on soil
leg: Ana E. Franco-M. no. 1076 (Hailing, Mueller, Strack, Franco-M.)
det:
Pileus 5-7.5 cm diam, plane to plane with low umbo; surface finely
fibrillose, slightly viscid, 6F7 at the center, paler (near 5E5) toward the
margin, sometimes with white spots; margin striate, 2-5 mm from margin to
center. Context 0.5-1 cm thick, white, unchanging when bruised; odor sweet
Lamellae free, close, white, ventricose, approx. 0.5 cm. Stipe up to 21 cm
long, 0.6-0.8 cm diam near the apex, equal, central; surface greyish at the
apex and white toward the base when young, 7E7 at the apex and white toward
the base when mature, fibrillose; interior solid, white, unchanging.
Annulus superior, skirt-like, hanging from the apex of the stipe, grayish
when young, whitish when mature. Volva white, appressed.
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BOTANICAL
Macrochemical tests! negative for syringaldezine, positive forp-oresol but
,	a.	x	i	0i-ine,	negative	on	the	base	of	the	stipe	ana
only on	context	of	pileus	and stip©/ ^
lamellae.
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