Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Amanitaceae: Amanita chrysoleuca Pegler

Amanita chrysoleuca – pirate gold Amanita

Common name: pirate gold Amanita.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Pirate Gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) in a pine forest near a path on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, June 9, 2018
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Cap of Pirate Gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, June 9, 2018
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Dissected Pirate Gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, June 9, 2018
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Cap of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) on a trail in pine forest, with slow descent on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States

Pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) on a trail in pine forest, with slow descent on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States

Bulb at the base of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States

Cross section of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States

Basidia of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) under a microscope at low magnification collected in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022

Tissues from a gill of pirate gold Amanita mushroom (Amanita chrysoleuca) collected in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 29, 2022

Spores of a mushroom Amanita chrysoleuca collected a day before on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, May 30, 2022
Spore size 9.7 - 11.4 × 6.6 - 6.8 µm, length to width ratio Q = 1.5 - 1.68.

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.

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Links

• List of mushrooms with photos.
• Photos grouped by dates.
• List of Latin names.
• List of common names.
• Locations on a map.
• Scripts for generating the web pages.
• Mushrooms from Texas, old version of web page.
• Mushrooms of Russia.
• Collection of mushrooms from Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Acknowledgements

Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.

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