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Western Yellow-veiled Amanita

Amanita augusta

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 484, February 195, March 158, April 196, May 190, June 140, July 120, August 122, September 155, October 165, November 334, December 398.
United States2,518
California1,994
Oregon644
Washington275
Canada220
British Columbia216
Alaska169
Idaho17
Alberta4
Nevada1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

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Practise Western Yellow-veiled Amanita with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.