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Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Amanitaceae: Saproamanita thiersii (Bas) Redhead, Vizzini, Drehmel & Contu

Saproamanita thiersii – Thiers' Lepidella

Synonyms: Amanita alba, Amanita thiersii, Aspidella alba, Aspidella thiersii.

Common name: Thiers' Lepidella.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Saproamanita thiersii (formerly Amanita thiersii), commonly called Thiers' lepidella, is a North-American saprotrophic basidiomycete fungus in the genus Saproamanita. It is a white mushroom originally described from Texas but today found in nine states of North America. It was named after Harry Delbert Thiers. The cap of this small mushroom is white and convex, measuring 35–100 mm (1.4–3.9 in) and covered by volval remnants. It is sticky to the touch when wet. The gills are variable in length and number and are densely packed in some specimens and widely spaced in others. They are not attached to the stipe, which is 8–20 cm (3–8 in) long and about 1 cm (0.4 in) thick, with a white ring. The spores measure 7.8–9.8 by 7.3–9.0 µm and are roughly spherical in shape. The spore print is white.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Thiers' lepidella (Amanita thiersii, <B>Saproamanita thiersii</B>) mushroom with volval remnants on a field near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2013-10-06.htm">October 6, 2013</A>
LinkThiers' lepidella (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom with volval remnants on a field near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2013
Location on mapsWashington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Washington County, Texas, 77880, United States
Thiers' lepidella (Amanita thiersii, <B>Saproamanita thiersii</B>) mushroom on a field near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2013-10-06.htm">October 6, 2013</A>
LinkThiers' lepidella (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom on a field near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2013
Location on mapsWashington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Washington County, Texas, 77880, United States
Thiers' lepidella (Amanita thiersii, <B>Saproamanita thiersii</B>) mushroom covered by volval remnants near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2013-10-06.htm">October 6, 2013</A>
LinkThiers' lepidella (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom covered by volval remnants near Loop Trail in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, October 6, 2013
Location on mapsWashington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Washington County, Texas, 77880, United States
Thiers lepidella mushroom (Amanita thiersii, <B>Saproamanita thiersii</B>) with volval remnants on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-05-23.htm">May 23, 2018</A>
LinkThiers lepidella mushroom (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) with volval remnants on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
Location on mapsForest Service Rd 203, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Thiers lepidella mushroom (Amanita thiersii, <B>Saproamanita thiersii</B>) on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-05-23.htm">May 23, 2018</A>
LinkThiers lepidella mushroom (Amanita thiersii, Saproamanita thiersii) on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
Location on mapsForest Service Rd 203, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Dissected Amanita thiersii (<B>Saproamanita thiersii</B>) mushroom on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-05-23.htm">May 23, 2018</A>
LinkDissected Amanita thiersii (Saproamanita thiersii) mushroom on a forest road near Little Lake Creek Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, May 23, 2018
Location on mapsForest Service Rd 203, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

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