#Amanita frostiana

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[angelnumber27]

[carolinawrenn]

Frost's Amanita (Amanita frostiana)

[cedarbones]

stories from the understory 🍄

(i am no mycologist so all of these IDs are tentative and based on iNaturalist but here are my best guesses:)

viscid violet cort (cortinarius iodes)

orange jelly spot (dacrymyces chrysospermus)

white coral fungus (clavulina coralloides)

blood red russula (russula rosacea)

conifercone cap (baespora myosura)

eastern north american destroying angel (amanita bisporigera)

frost's amanita (amanita frostiana)

lactifluus spp.

upright coral fungus (ramaria stricta)

weathersfield, vt

12 september 2023

(all photos taken by me)

[mushroomidentifierbot]

Hmmm… hard to tell without seeing more of it.

Amanita for sure.

Maybe Amanita chrysoblema.

Maybe Amanita frostiana.

More mushroom! ♡

[deathandmushrooms]

Frost's Amanita - Amanita frostiana

[ycantjackwhiteluvme]

[wyldefungi]

Amanita frostiana

rogersmushrooms

[backwoodsbitch]

Fungi at Camel’s Hump

1. Amanita frostiana

3. Clavulinopsis fusiformis

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[artscult]

Amanita muscaria, Amanita frostiana - high resolution image from old book.

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A sampling of the diversity of color and form within the genus Amanita. Clockwise, from top left, Amanita muscaria subsp. flavivolvata, Amanita frostiana, Amanita jacksonii, an undescribed Amanita species, the saprotrophic Amanita manicata, and Amanita phalloides.

The Irreversible Loss of a Decomposition Pathway Marks the Single Origin of an Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis Benjamin E. Wolfe, Rodham E. Tulloss, Anne Pringle.PLoS ONE 7(7): e39597. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039597

Abstract: Microbial symbioses have evolved repeatedly across the tree of life, but the genetic changes underlying transitions to symbiosis are largely unknown, especially for eukaryotic microbial symbionts. We used the genus Amanita, an iconic group of mushroom-forming fungi engaged in ectomycorrhizal symbioses with plants, to identify both the origins and potential genetic changes maintaining the stability of this mutualism. A multi-gene phylogeny reveals one origin of the symbiosis within Amanita, with a single transition from saprotrophic decomposition of dead organic matter to biotrophic dependence on host plants for carbon. Associated with this transition are the losses of two cellulase genes, each of which plays a critical role in extracellular decomposition of organic matter. However a third gene, which acts at later stages in cellulose decomposition, is retained by many, but not all, ectomycorrhizal species. Experiments confirm that symbiotic Amanita species have lost the ability to grow on complex organic matter and have therefore lost the capacity to live in forest soils without carbon supplied by a host plant. Irreversible losses of decomposition pathways are likely to play key roles in the evolutionary stability of these ubiquitous mutualisms.

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Ultimate Mushroom Showdown Round 2

Round 1

ROUND 2:

1. Destroying Angel vs. Basket Fungus

2. Dewdrop Bonnet vs. Devil's Tooth

3. Pink Pagoda vs. Mycena Chlorophos

4. Enoki vs. Amanita Frostiana

5. Xylaria Polymorpha vs. Lion's Mane

6. Mycena Interrupta vs. Indigo Milk Cap

7. Fly Agaric vs. Chicken of the Woods

8. Mycena Nargan vs. Inky Cap BONUS loser revival poll:

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn vs. Psathyrella Aquatica vs. Orange Peel Fungus vs. Psilocybe Semilanceata vs. Cordyceps vs. Morel

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Ultimate Mushroom Showdown Round 1

ROUND 1:

1. Destroying Angel vs. Texas Star

2. Basket Fungus vs. Gyromitra Esculenta

3. Witches Butter vs. Devil's Tooth

4. Dewdrop Bonnet vs. Puffball

5. Psilocybe Semilanceata vs. Pink Pagoda

6. Black Trumpet vs. Mycena Chlorophos

7. Enoki vs. Cat's Tongue

8. Amanita Frostiana vs. Morel

9. Death Cap vs. Xylaria Polymorpha

10. Lion's Mane vs. Psathyrella Aquatica

11. Violet Coral vs. Mycena Interrupta

12. Bridal Veil Stinkhorn vs. Indigo Milk Cap

13. Chicken of the Woods vs. Armillaria Ostoyae

14. Fly Agaric vs. Octopus Stinkhorn

15. Cordyceps vs. Mycena Nargan

16. Orange Peel Fungus vs. Inky Cap

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I didn't realize Fly Agaric and Inky Cap were in the same quadrant, and they shouldn't be since they both have finalist potential. So, in Round 3, the winner of Matchup 4 (Enoki vs. Amanita Frostiana) will switch places with the winner of Matchup 7 (Fly Agaric vs. Chicken of the Woods).