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24-26 December 2017

New taxon page: Amanita carolinensis is a new nom. prov. for a probable North Carolinian species assigned to section Vaginatae.

Updated techtab: Amanita sp-M15.

14-15 December 2017

New taxon page: Amanita sp-61 is apparently a novel species of the Vaginatae found in eastern Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Updated techtab: Amanita justicei.

5 December 2017

New taxon page: Limacella bangladeshana.

Updated techtab: Limacella bangladeshana.

26 November 2017

Updated brief tab: Amanita foetidissima.

Updated techtab: Amanita foetidissima.

14-23 November 2017

Two new taxa of section Caesareae are now represented by preliminary taxon pages on this site: Amanita chatamagotake and A. kitamagotake.  The two species were described from Japan.  A new species of section Vaginatae has been added: Amanita glarea.  The latter was described from Pakistan.

Characterizations of sections Caesareae and Vaginatae have been made more precise and clear.

Updated techtabs: Amanita foetidissima and A. glarea 29-30 October 2017

New taxon page: Amanita cingulata is a new species of Amanita section Vaginatae bearing a partial veil; it is described from China.  Detailed genetic information is not yet posted in GenBank.  Two single gene trees have been published indicating the closest genetic affinity may be to A. insinuans.

Updated techtab: Amanita alpinicola.

24 October 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita cyclops, A. marmorata, A. rooseveltensis, and A. sp-QUE04.

15 October 2017

New taxon page: Amanita alpinicola of sect. Amanita.

Updated brief tab: Amanita alpinicola.

Updated techtabs: Amanita alpinicola and A. atkinsoniana

6 October 2017

New taxon page: Amanita sp-21, in section Vaginatae.

Update brief tab: Amanita sp-21.

Update techtab: Amanita sp-21.

25 August 2017

Updated techtab: Amanita daimonioctantes.

11 August 2017

Updated techtab: Amanita rooseveltensis.

6-7 August 2017

New taxon page: Amanita sp-N68 is a new species of section Vaginatae.  The name "Amanita cyclops" replaces "Amanita sp-n68."

Updated brief tab: Amanita cyclops.

Updated techtabs: Amanita cattaraugana, A. cyclops, and A. rooseveltensis.

20 July 2017

Updated techtab: Amanita sp-F14.

11-17 July 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita rooseveltensis and A. sp-N45.

5-10 July 2017

Upated brief tab: Amanita sp-NFL08.

Updated techtabs: Amanita magnivelaris, A. sp-AZ-28, A. sp-NFL02, A. sp-NFL08, and A. sp-QUE04.

26-30 June 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita penetratrix, A. preissii, A. sp-60, A. sp-N58, and Limacella glischra.

10-11 June 2017

New taxon page: A new name (Amanita luzernensis) is proposed to replace the temporary code "A. sp-N67."  Another set of sequences has been derived from a new collection of the species.

Updated techtab: Amanita luzernensis.

6-9 June 2017

Updated brief tab: Amanita jacksonii and A. sp-60.

Updated techtab: Amanita jacksonii, A. kryrhodon, A. proxima, A. sp-60, A. sp-GSM05, and A. sp-N67.

1-3 June 2017

English names: In keeping with their oddity, the English names of taxa in [section Vaginatae] stirps Strobilaceovolvata will now be called "Ringed Ringless Amanitas" in these pages.

New taxon page: Amanita hahatonka is a provisionally named species of series Penetratrices, in section Vaginatae.

Updated brief tabs: Amanita hahatonka, A. insinuans, A. madagascariensis, A. sp-Arora-01-555, and A. strobilaceovolvata.

Updated techtabs: Amanita hahatonka, A. insinuans, A. sp-AZ29, and A. texasorora.

24 May 2017

New taxon page: Amanita rooseveltensis.

Updated brief tab: Amanita rooseveltensis.

Updated techtab: Amanita rooseveltensis.

11-15 May 2017

Updated brief tabs: Amanita cornelii and A. emodotrygon.

Updated techtabs: Amanita alligator, A. cornelii, A. sp-AZ28, and A. sp-AZ30.

4-5 May 2017

Updated brief tabs: Amanita cornelii and A. emodotrygon.

Updated techtabs: Amanita cornelii, A. emodotrygon, and A. porphyria.

1 May 2017

Updated techtab: Amanita rhacopus.

29 Apr. 2017:

Updated techtabs: Amanita chlorinosma, A. penetratrix, A. petersenii, A. sp-Arora-01-555, and A. thiersii.

Updated brief tab: Amanita sp-Arora-01-555.

23-24 Apr. 2017:

Updated techtabs: Amanita penetratrix and A. roseolescens.

21 Apr. 2017:

Updated techtabs: Amanita justicei and A. penetrans. 17-18 Apr. 2017:

New taxon: Amanita sp-60 is new from the New Jersey pine barrens. It has a striking, pronounced umbo and, although the genetic data are incomplete, it appears to belong in the "__penetratrix__ group."

Updated brief tab: Amanita sp-T06.

Updated techtabs: Amanita glenosoma, A. kundabungii, A. minnesorora, A. penetratrix, A. sp-60, A. sp-MO06, A. sp-N63, A. sp-T06, A. suballiacea, and A. texasorora.

13-15 Apr. 2017:

Updated techtabs: Amanita minnesorora, A. sp-MO06, A. sp-N63, A. suballiacea, and A. texasorora.

4-11 Apr. 2017

New taxon page: Amanita glenosomma is added from eastern Pennsylvania. It is the only known example of a genetically very distinctive grouping within the provisional series Penetratrices.

Updated brief tabs: Amanita glenosomma, A. petersenii, and A. sp-MO06.

Updated techtabs: Amanita amerivirosa, A. cattaraugana, A. glenosomma, A. minnesorora, A. sp-AUS08, A. sp-MO06, A. suballiacea, A. texasorora, and A. virosa.

31 Mar. - 1 Apr. 2017

Renamed taxon page: Amanita sp-HON09 becomes A. hallingiana nom. prov. in honor of Dr. Roy E. Halling. The taxon is a novel speciese of the pantheroid type in section Amanita known from forests containg Quercus in central Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica.

Updated brief tab: Amanita hallingiana.

Updated techtab: Amanita hallingiana.

18-24 Mar. 2017

Updated brief tabs: Amanita arenicola, A. porphyria, and A. sp-AUS08.

Updated techtabs: Amanita penetratrix, A. porphyria, A. sp-N61, A. sp-N66, A. sp-N67, A. suballiacea, A. texasorora, and Limacella sp-CMP0152.

15-16 Mar. 2017

New taxon pages: Amanita sp-N66 and A. sp-N67 are new in section Vaginatae.

Updated brief pages: Amanita sp-N66 and A. sp-N67.

Updated tech tabs: Amanita arenicola, A. sp-N61, and A. sp-T48.

6-13 Mar. 2017

Yellow reaction to 10% KOH on caps of dried specimens of white destroying angels: After many requests of over many years concerning whether one can expect a yellow reaction in dried material of "white destroying angels," I carried out a few experiments to check this issue.  I selected material of A. suballiacea and A. amerivirosa that had yielded a positive yellow reaction when tested in the fresh condition.  I used only pieces of caps that had dried to a whitish or whitish tan color.  For both species, I placed at least one drop of KOH on the extracted cap fragment and then at a large window (natural day light) I compared the surface of the cap fragment to the surface of the untreated original cap. In both species the fragment exposed to KOH was distinctly more yellow than the untreated dried cap.

Revised regional checklist: "Checklist of Amanita taxa found in sub-Saharan Africa."

Updated brief tabs: Amanita amerivirosa, A. bisporigera, A. sp-T48, and A. suballiacea.

Updated techtabs: Amanita arenicola, A. gleocystidiosa, A. ravenelii, A. sp-N61, A. sp-T48, and A. texasorora.

2-4 March 2017

New taxon pages: Amanita gleocystidiosa and A. sp-T48k. The latter is a apparently a new species of section Vaginatae from eastern Texas.

Updated techtabs: Amanita gleocystidiosa and A. sp-T48.

27 Feb. 2017

Updated brief tab: Amanita velosa.

Updated techtab: Amanita velosa.

24 Feb. 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita justicei, A. murrilliana, A. rhacopus, A. sp-AZ28, A. sp-AZ30, A. sp-OR01, and A. vernicoccora.

18-21 Feb. 2017

Updated brief tab: Amanita sp-N61.

Updated techtabs: Amanita rhacopus, A. sp-AZ28, A. sp-N61, A. sp-N65, A. texasorora, and A. vernicoccora.

13-15 Feb. 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita alligator, A. justicei, A. melleialba, A. penetratrix, A. pseudosychnopyramis, A. sp-AZ28, A. sp-AZ29, A. sp-MO06, A. sp-N63, A. subparvipantherina, and A. vernicoccora.

11 Feb. 2017

Updated techtab: Amanita rhacopus.

6-10 Feb. 2017

New taxon pages: Three possibley new species of section Vaginatae have pages created for them—Amanita sp-AZ28 possibly close to A. nishidae), A. sp-AZ29 (a new member of series Penetratrices, and A. sp-AZ30.  All these taxa were differentiated by DNA sequencing and comparison.  The sequences were derived from material collected by Dr. Jack S. States in the last two decades of the last century.

Updated techtabs: Amanita albemarlensis, A. justicei, A. murrilliana, A. penetratrix, A. sp-AZ28, A. sp-AZ29, A. spAZ30, A. sp-GSM05, and A. sp-OR01.

1-3 Feb. 2017

New taxon page: Amanita sp-MO06, a speces of section Vaginatae, has been added to this site.

Updated brief tabs: Amanita justicei and A. sp-MO06.

Updated techtabs: Amanita albemarlensis and A. sp-MO06.

30-31 Jan. 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita albemarlensis, A. justicei, A. sp-44, A. sp-56, A. sp-N65, and A. sp-T06.

26-29 Jan. 2017

New taxon page: Amanita justicei of section Vaginatae is, at present, known only from Missouri.

Updated techtabs: Amanita justicei, A. keesii, A. sp-44, A. sp-56, A. sp-N65, A. sp-T06, and A. wellsii.

24 Jan. 2017

New taxon page: Amanita sp-N65, section Vaginatae.

17-19 Jan. 2017

Updated techtabs: Amanita cruetilemurum, A. rubescens var. alba, A. sp-amerirubescens01, A. sp-amerirubescens02, A. sp-amerirubescens05, and A. sp-amerirubescens07.

12-13 Jan. 2017

Name changes: The provisional name Amanita petersenii replaces the temporary code A. sp-S06.  The provisional name A. albemarlensis replaced the temporary code A. sp-V04

A preliminary attempt to give some structure to the so-called "penetratrix group" has resulted in the creation of a provisional Amanita [sect. Vaginatae] series Penetratrices.  The reader will find that some of the species within the series have been grouped in stirpes (singular is "stirps"—Latin for "group").  At the moment, these stirpes collect (1) a group with weak, graying volva, (2) a group with persistent partial veil, (3) a group of taxa with a warted universal veil and no partial veil, and (4) a group containing only A. cinderellae.  All this is temporary and crudely drawn.

It was very satisfying to find that it might eventually be possible to see groups in the proposed Penetratrices that suggest evolution from a common ancestor with the Caesareae.  The Penetratrices (as proposed) appear to include about 10% of the presently known Vaginatae.

Updated techtabs: Amanita albemarlensis, A. petersenii, A. rubescens var. alba, and A. sp-amerirubescens05.

9-10 Jan. 2017

Updated brief tab: Amanita rubescens var. alba.

Updated techtabs: Amanita chiricahuana, A. homolae, A. insinuans, A. kryorhodon, A. rhacopus, A. rubescens var. alba, A. semiobruta, A. sp-amerirubescens01, A. sp-amerirubescens02, A. sp-amerirubescesn04, A. sp-AUS08, A. sp-AUS14, A. texasorora, and A. xanthomitra.

5-8 Jan. 2017

New taxon page: Amanita sp-V04 is a new species of section Vaginatae genetically similar to the A. penetratrix group.

Updated brief tabs: Amanita sp-amerirubescens05 and A. sp-V04.

Updated techtabs: Amanita penetratrix, A. sp-amerirubescens05, A. sp-V04, A. texasorora, and A. xanthomitra.

1-4 Jan. 2017

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New taxon page: Amanita sp-AUS14 is a code numbered probable species—an Australian taxon from section Amanita.

Updated brief tab: Amanita sp-AUS14 and A. texasorora.

Updated techtabs: Amanita chiricahuana, A. kryorhodon, A. maryaliceae, A. rhacopus, A. semiobruta, and A. texasorora.


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