Saproamanita vittadinii

Amanita vittadinii, commonly known as the Vittadini's lepidella, is a European saprophyte mushroom classified in the genus Amanita Unlike some Amanitas, this species is known to occur without accompanying woody plant symbionts.[2] It has a general aspect somewhat between Macrolepiota and Armillaria, but it is characterized by a pure white colour overall (whilst those genera are brownish) and by the squamous (scaly) covering of cap and stipe.[3][4]

Saproamanita vittadinii
Amanita vittadinii in grass in Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Amanitaceae
Genus:
Amanita
Species:
A. vittadinii
Binomial name
Amanita vittadinii
(Moretti) Vittadini (1826)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus vittadinii Moretti
  • Aspidella vittadinii (Moretti) E.-J. Gilbert
  • Lepidella vittadinii (Moretti) E.-J. Gilbert
  • Saproamanita vittadinii (Moretti) (Moretti) Redhead, Vizzini, Drehmel & Contu (2016)
Amanita vittadinii
float
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is free
stipe has a volva
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: unknown

References
  1. "Synonymy: Saproamanita vittadinii". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  2. From R. E. Tulloss' website - 'Amanita vittadinii (Moretti) Vitt. "Vittadini's Lepidella"'.
  3. (Translated from Spanish to English)Amanita vittadinii(Moretti)at www.amanitacesarea.com (by José Cuesta and Jorge Jiménez).
  4. Vizzini A, Redhead SA, Dovana F (2017). "Epitypification of Agaricus vittadinii (Basidiomycota, Amanitaceae)". Phytotaxa. 326 (3): 230–234. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.326.3.8.

The genus Amanita should not be split

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