When: 2018-08-18
Collection location: Oakman, Georgia, USA [Click for map]
34.5806°N 84.6919°W 266m [Click for map]
Who: Lisa Kimmerling (L_Kimmerling)
Notes:
Growing on a ridge side below hickories and oaks (in moss) in a dense mixed hardwood/coniferous forest.
Zonate cap. Stem hollow. I, unfortunately, made a mess of the bulb when trying to dig it out from deep moss! See this observation:
https://mushroomobserver.org/320883?q=YFL2
Images
| 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. | |||||||||
| Vote | Score | Weight | Users | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 10.12 | 2 | (L_Kimmerling) | |||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
1.82 | 60.67% | |||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| Vote | Score | Weight | Users | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I’d Call It That | 3.0 | 10.12 | 2 | (L_Kimmerling) | |||||
| Promising | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Could Be | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Doubtful | -1.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Not Likely | -2.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| As If! | -3.0 | 0.00 | 0 | ||||||
| Overall Score sum(score * weight) / (total weight + 1) |
2.73 | 91.00% | |||||||
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I am beyond excited to hear your results. I must admit that your naming is absolutely PERFECT!
I am so happy to have contributed to your research (and to have given you something challenging). Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
I propose the name Amanita oakmanensis nom. prov.
In a BLAST run against GenBank’s current data set, the closest species is Amanita trygonion with a genetic distance of 1.0% (10 differences out of 974 characters).
http://www.amanitaceae.org?Amanita+trygonion
I am swamped right now, but we will aim to create a more than skeletal page at this address:
http://www.amanitaceae.org?Amanita+oakmanensis
After carefully revisiting the cap coloring I think there are two colors. The shadows in the striations give the illusion of a dark zone to the striate region of the cap. I find this is a rather common phenomenon.
Very best,
Rod
The sequence has a small ambiguous region early in the nrLSU sequence and ambiguities are so numerous in the nrITS that I made the decision to only use the “half” of that sequence that connected with the LSU sequence. This is the first case of sequencing this particular species. However, I suspect that all attempts to sequence this mushroom will prove to have difficulties with editing that we experienced in this case.
The species has the initial character segment of nrLSU that determines the “series Penetratrices”.
After looking at the images further, I will have another sentences or two.
Thank you very much for sending me something puzzling.
Very best,
Rod
The accession number has been added to this observation (above).
We are scheduling the material for sequencing and will notify you of sequencing results on on this page in the future.
Thank you very much for send your material to us for our research.
Very best,
Rod Tulloss
Yes, I would like to examine this material.
Very best,
Rod
… relationships to other amanitas.
I don’t know how it is I have become so fascinated with such a difficult (and large) group of amanitas late in my working life, but I’ve managed to get caught up. :) I’m really grateful that there are a lot of people, like yourself, that are willing to help me wade into what seems like an ocean of data with regard to section Vaginatae.
Many thanks.
R