Mushroom Observer: Observation: Amanita sp. (7266)

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Observation: Amanita sp. (7266)

When: 2008-04-09
Collection location: Oak Bottom Campground, Siskiyou Co., California, USA [Click for map]
Who: John Harlan (harlanx6)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: Harsh musty aroma, spore print white, stipe brittle, hollow, under Douglas Fir

Proposed Names: Propose New Name

Proposed Name	User	Community Vote
*Agaricus hondensis* Murrill	harlanx6	(3)
Recognized by sight
*Amanita sp.*	darv	(4)
Recognized by sight
*Amanita novinupta* Tulloss & J.E. Lindgr.	amanitarita	(3)
Recognized by sight
*Amanita pantherina* (DC.) Krombh.	nathan	(1)
Recognized by sight: The cap color and ornamentation looks a lot more like something close to A. pantherina to me than A. novinupta. I’m not convinced that it’s actually staining red at the base.

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= Observer's choice

= Current consensus

Vote	Score		Weight		Users
User's votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote.
I'd Call It That	3		0.00		0
Promising	2		0.00		0
Could Be	1		4.47		1
Doubtful	-1		0.00		0
Not Likely	-2		0.00		0
As If!	-3		9.32		2

Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1)		-1.59		-52.96%

Vote	Score		Weight		Users
User's votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote.
I'd Call It That	3		8.27		2
Promising	2		9.32		2
Could Be	1		0.00		0
Doubtful	-1		0.00		0
Not Likely	-2		0.00		0
As If!	-3		0.00		0

Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1)		2.34		77.91%

Vote	Score		Weight		Users
User's votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote.
I'd Call It That	3		0.00		0
Promising	2		3.50		1
Could Be	1		4.53		1
Doubtful	-1		4.79		1
Not Likely	-2		0.00		0
As If!	-3		0.00		0

Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1)		0.49		16.26%

Vote	Score		Weight		Users
User's votes are weighted by their contribution to the site (log10 contribution). In addition, the user who created the observation gets an extra vote.
I'd Call It That	3		0.00		0
Promising	2		0.00		0
Could Be	1		4.79		1
Doubtful	-1		0.00		0
Not Likely	-2		0.00		0
As If!	-3		0.00		0

Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1)		0.83		27.57%

Comments: Add Comment

Created: 2008-04-11 07:39:13
By: debbie viess (amanitarita)
Summary: we'll never know species for sure...

No voucher specimen or spore print saved. Characters portrayed in photos are inconclusive.

Created: 2008-04-10 15:11:22
By: debbie viess (amanitarita)
Summary: Amanita novinupta?

Can’t be an Agaricus, John, with white spores!
Free gills fits both genera, tho. Cap color a bit odd, but stature, annulus, reddening at rooting base and lack of a volval remnants on bulb all fit, as do the hollow chambers w/in the stipe, a trait shared with its wicked cousin ocreata! Looks to be a well-aged specimen, so the odor could be from that.
Altho novinupta is more commonly associated with live oak, according to Arora it also can occur with conifers. Save the spore print, and check to see if they are amyloid!

Observation created: Thu Apr 10 14:48:11 -0700 2008
Last modified: Thu Apr 10 14:48:11 -0700 2008
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