Amanita princeps
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Specific Epithetprinceps Corner & Bas
Description
Amanita princeps is one of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, however certain tribe or Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia eat it as food (Lee et al., 2009) . The fruiting bodies of A. princeps is medium-size to large. The cap is about 70 – 250 mm wide. The shape of the cap is convex to applanate, without an umbo (a raised area in the center of the cap of a mushroom) over its disc, but sometimes slightly umbonate. The colour of cap from the centre is brown to yellowish brown, becoming ochraceous, yellowish towards the margins, and may become dirty white, greyish to greyish-brownish. Commonly, the gills are free, crowded and white in colour. The bulbless stem is cylindric, dirty white to grey in colour, while the volva is saccate with a dirty white outer surface. The shape of the spores is subglobose, broadly ellipsoid or inamyloid.
The cap of this fungus is large plane to slightly concave. The flesh and crowded gills are white. It is often found growing in large groups but sometimes forming ‘fairy rings’ around their dipterocarp hosts and it decays very quickly. However, this fungus has not only been found in the FRIM campus where the dipterocarps have been planted by man and it is not consumed in Malaysia.
Location
- Negeri Sembilan 1
- Pahang 1
- Selangor 1
Biodiversity Experts
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Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
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Digital Sequence Information (DSI), Living Modified Organism (LMO), Synthetic Biology, Protected Areas, Climate Change & Invasive Alien Species
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Lee Su See (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Education, Environment & Forest
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Mohammad Hafiz Syukri Bin Kassim (Mr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
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Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conservation, Education, Forest & Genetics
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Patahayah Mansor (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Biodiversity & Forest
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Sepiah Muid (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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Thi Bee Kin (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Forest, Genetics, Molecular, Science, Systematics & Taxonomy
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References
- Lee, S.S., Chang, Y.S. & Rashid, N.M.N. (2008). Utilization of Macrofungi by Some Indigenous Communities for Food and Medicine in Peninsular Malaysia. Sustainable Forest Management and Poverty Alleviation: Roles of Traditional Forest-related Knowledge. pp. 94-97
- Watling, R. & Lee, S.S. (1995). Ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with members of the Dipterocarpaceae in Peninsular Malaysia-I. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 7 (4), 657-669
- Chua, L.S.L., Lee, S.S., Alias, S.A., Jones, E.G.B., Zainuddin, N. & Chan, H.T. (2012). Checklist of Fungi of Malaysia, Issue/No. 132. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 556. — [ Adobe PDF (PDF) ]
- Lee, S.S. (2017). A Field Guide to the Larger Fungi of FRIM. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 174.
Acknowledgements :- Mr. Ahmad Amir Firdaus Bin Mad Apandi, Ms. Aida Salihah Binti Abu Bakar, Mr. Badrul Amin Bin Jaffar, Mr. Mohd Salleh Sanusi, Ms. Nurfadzilah Bt Azmi, Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Yasser Mohamed Arifin
Photo credit :- Mohd Salleh
Species Citation :- Amanita princeps. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9078. [Retrieved 20 April 2024].
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