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Amanita subjunquillea S. Imai
"East Asian Death Cap"

Technical description (t.b.d.)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: (t.b.d.)

Spores from a limited number of northern Indian collections measure (6.5-) 6.8 - 8.8 (-9.6) x (5.5-) 6.0 - 7.9 (-9.2) µm and are globose to subglobose to broadly ellipsoid and amyloid. Clamps are not observed at bases of basidia.

The species is known from forests of eastern and southeastern Asia.

Amanita subjunquillea is deadly POISON. It is more closely related to A. phalloides (Fr. : Fr.) Link, than to A. gemmata (=A. junquillea). See also A. fuliginea Hongo. 
-- R. E. Tulloss

Photo: Dr. Li Fang Zhang (first row, Jilin Province, NE China)
Photo: Dr. R. P. Bhatt (second row, Uttarakhand State, India)

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