Amanita flavella is a species of mycorrhizal fungus from family Amanitaceae. It has a convex lemon-yellow coloured cap up to 9 centimetres (3+1⁄2 inches) in diameter.[1] They can also be yellowish-orange coloured and have crowded pale-yellow gills.[2] The yellowish-white stipe is central and 9 cm tall; it is slightly bulbous, and enclosed into a volva. The yellowish-white ring is flared,[1] ample, and membranous. The spores are 8.5–10 μm long and 6–6.5 μm wide, white, amyloid, and ellipsoid. The species is similar in appearance to A. flavoconia and A. flavipes.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. flavella
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| Amanita flavella E.-J.Gilbert & Cleland (1941)
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Amanita flavella | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or flat |
 | Hymenium is free |
 | Stipe has a ring and volva |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is unknown |
It can be found in New South Wales and Queensland Australia.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Garden Fungi – Amanita flavella". Retrieved December 26, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Amanita flavella E.-J. Gilbert & Cleland". Amanitaceae.org. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
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