| Amanita cokeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. cokeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita cokeri (E.-J.Gilbert & Kühner) E.-J.Gilbert |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lepidella cokeri E.-J.Gilbert & Kühner (1928) |
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| Amanita cokeri | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| gills on hymenium | |
| cap is convex | |
| hymenium is free | |
| stipe has a ring and volva | |
| spore print is white | |
| or mycorrhizal | |
| edibility: poisonous | |
Amanita cokeri, commonly known as Coker's Amanita, is a mushroom in the Amanitaceae family. The mushroom is poisonous.[2] First described as Lepidella cokeri in 1928, it was transferred to the genus Amanita in 1940.[1]
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Its cap and stem are white. The gills are cream-colored but can be white as it matures. The spore print is white. Amanita cokeri has no distinctive smell.[3]