Amanita prairiicola is an American fungus. Its cap is white, 6–20 centimetres (2+12–8 inches) across, and usually flat to convex. The gills are a cream to gold hue, free, crowded, and broad. The stalk is 15–20 by 2–4 cm (6–8 by 1–1+12 in), and is also cream colored.[1]

American Prairie Lepidella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. prairiicola
Binomial name
Amanita prairiicola
Synonyms
  • Amanitopsis malheurensis Trueblood, O. K. Mill. & Dav. T. Jenkins
Amanita prairiicola
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Spore print is white
Edibility is unknown

The species is native to western North America from Oregon to Arizona and eastward to Kansas. One specimen has been described in Argentina, though it may have been imported with soil. Unlike most Amanita species, it does not appear to need a mycorrhizal host and has been found in areas with no potential for a host, such as open cultivated fields and deserts.[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Cripps, Cathy L.; Evenson, Vera S.; Kuo, Michael (2016). The Essential Guide to Rocky Mountain Mushrooms by Habitat. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252039966.
  2. ^ "Amanita prairiicola". Amanitaceae. Retrieved 2017-11-15.