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Amanita virginea

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Description
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The cap is white to ivory colour and it is convex that becoming plane and covered with white pyramidal warts which are easily washed off. The warts are crowded at the centre of the cap becoming more sparse and smaller towards the margin which extends over the cap. Its flesh is firm, white to ivory coloured and the gills are pale cream with moderately crowded. This striking fungus has a pleasant odour and it is frequently found at FRIM and in lowland rainforests of Peninsular Malaysia.

Location
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by State Location
  • Negeri Sembilan 1
  • Selangor 1
Based on publications, specimens, and images

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Profile
Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan (Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
  • Fungi
  • Digital Sequence Information (DSI)
  • Living Modified Organism (LMO)
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  • Climate Change
  • Invasive Alien Species
Lee Su See (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Fungi
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Ecosystems
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Forest
  • PM
Mohammad Hafiz Syukri Bin Kassim (Mr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
  • Fungi
  • Agriculture
  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Education
  • Forest
  • Genetics
  • SBH
Mohd Farid Ahmad (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Fungi
  • PM
Patahayah Mansor (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Fungi
  • Biodiversity
  • Forest
  • PM
Salmiah Ujang (Dr.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
  • Fungi
  • PM
Sepiah Muid (Prof. Dr.)
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
  • Fungi
  • PM
  • SBH
  • SWK
Thi Bee Kin (Mrs.)
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
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  • Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Forest
  • Genetics
  • Molecular
  • Science
  • Systematics
  • Taxonomy
  • PM
PM - Peninsular Malaysia; SBH - Sabah; SWK - Sarawak; SEA - Southeast Asia; W - World;

References
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Book
  1. 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) ]
  2. Lee, S.S. (2017). A Field Guide to the Larger Fungi of FRIM. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 174.
Magazine/Bulletin
  1. FRIM in FOCUS (March 2019). Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia.

Publications
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FRIM in FOCUS (March 2019)
Checklist of Fungi of Malaysia. Journal of Tropical Forest Science 25 (3), 2013

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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

Species Citation :- Amanita virginea. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9087. [Retrieved 20 April 2024].

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