MycoKey : the genus Amanita

Generic short diagnoses: Fleshy, rather short-lived, ectotrophic, white-spored agarics with free to nearly free lamellae and prominent veils; spores amyloid or not, often with low Q-value, lamellar trama divergent.


Species example:


Amanita strobiliformis - DK: flosset fluesvamp UK: Warted Amanita
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, 1990

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