Amanita parvipantherina

Amanita parvipantherina, also known as the Asian small panther amanita, is a Chinese species of agaric which fruits in July and August. It has a brown cap up to 6 centimetres (2+12 inches) wide covered with whitish remnants of the universal veil. The stem is up to 9 cm tall. The similar A. pantherina is usually larger and less fragile, with fainter striations around the cap margin.

Amanita parvipantherina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. parvipantherina
Binomial name
Amanita parvipantherina
Amanita parvipantherina
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is unknown

The species is restricted to Yunnan province in China, where it is strongly associated with Pinus yunnanensis (the Yunnan pine).

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