Fungi › amanita mushrooms and allies

Golden Floccose Lepidella

Amanita aureofloccosa

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 Mexico.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 3, July 5, August 4, September 4, October 0, November 0, December 1.
Mexico18
South Africa13
India11
KwaZulu-Natal5
Oaxaca4
Eastern Cape4
Tamil Nādu4
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave3
Karnātaka3
Guatemala3

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
GenusSaproamanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Golden Floccose Lepidella with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.