Amanita polypyramis
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| Amanita polypyramis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. polypyramis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita polypyramis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. 1887 | |
Amanita polypyramis | |
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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 or poisonous |
Amanita polypyramis is a species of Amanita found in the Eastern United States. It is a large, bone white mushroom with an unusual sweet chlorine-like odor. Its species name, polypyramis, refers to the pyramid-like warts on the surface of the pileus (cap).[1]
Though listed in some sources as ranging from New Jersey, to Costa Rica in Central America, the species has been found as far north as New England, concentrated largely in Cape Cod.[2][3]
