name | Amanita pseudopenetrans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
author | Tulloss, Kudzma, S. D. Russell and J. Wm. Dawson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
name status | nomen provisorum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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intro |
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pileus | Pale olivaceous to sordid tan to gray (rarely cream) with pigment often most concentrated over pronounced umbo; margin non-appendiculate, long striate; universal veil absent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
odor/taste | neither reported. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
macrochemical tests |
none reported. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
partial veil | not present. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
lamella edge tissue | sterile. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ecology | Maryland: At 26 m elev. New Jersey: New York: At 486 m elev. North Carolina: At 678 m elev. Pennsylvania: Solitary. At 322-394 m elev. In Tsuga canadensis woods with some Betula. Tennessee: In mixed forest with Pinus and Quercus. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
material examined | U.S.A.: MARYLAND: Harford Co. - Bel Air, Bynum Run Conservation Area [39.4948° N/ 76.2856° W, 26 m], 26.ix.2018 Ryan Pridgeon s.n. [mushroomobserver #338851] (RET 859-1, nrITS & nrLSU seq'd.). NEW YORK: Cattarauga Co. - Allegany St. Pk., Cold Spring [42.0625° N/ 78.8637° W, 486 m], 7.x.2018 Garrett Taylor s.n. [mushroomobserver #362456] (RET 859-9, nrITS & nrLSU seq'd.). NORTH CAROLINA—McDowell Co. - Little Switzerland, ca. Wildacres Retreat, 30.ix.2006 NAMA regional foray participant s.n. [Tulloss 9-30-06-B] (RET 401-4, nrITS-LSU seq'd.). Transylvania Co. - Brevard [35.2334° N/ 82.7343° W, 678 m], 5.vii.2019 Spike Mikulski s.n. (RET 867-2, nrITS-LSU seq'd.). PENNSYLVANIA—Luzerne Co. - Dogtown [41.1322° N/ 76.1538°W, 394 m], 20.iv.2014 David Wasilewski s.n. [mushroomobserver 180232] (RET 655-1, nrITS-LSU seq'd.); Nescopeck St. Pk. [41.0818° N/ 75.8921° W, 322m], 15.viii.2015 D. Wasilewski s.n. [mushroomobserver #213059] (RET 706-5, nrITS & nrLSU seq'd.). TENNESSEE—Blount Co. - GSMNP, Cades Cove, picnic area, 27.ix.2006 R. E. Tulloss 9-27-06-C (RET 402-6, nrITS-LSU seq'd.). VIRGINIA—Culpeper Co. - unkn. loc. [38.53° W/ 78.15° N], 10.ix.2019 Penny Firth s.n. [mushroomobserver #374192 (RET 878-7, nrITS seq'd.). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
discussion |
At first glance, RET 706-5 appeared to be assignable
to A. penetratrix;
however, the umbo of the present
species is distinctly tan rather than brown; and the
remainder of the cap is a solid pale gray at first
and not virgate. Also, sequencing of RET 706-5 revealed that the 5' motif of the nrLSU sequence was the typical one for sect. Vaginatae and not the less common TCTGACCTCAAATCA, which is found in A. penetratrix, A. penetrans, A. chiricahuana, and a number pf other species. For a current list of the latter group of taxa see the techtab of A. penetratrix (link above). According to BLAST runs, the present species clusters most closely with a number of North American species, provisional species, and temporary codes presently assigned to Amanita stirps Fulva: A. carolinensis, A. fuligineodisca, and A. fulva. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
citations | —R. E. Tulloss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
editors | RET | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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