109skulls Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 keep finding this really small, yet fully developed Amanitas. i found a species that matches similarly (A. crenulata) wondering If im right? under developed pine trees northeast united states (north east pennsylvania) sorry the photos could be better : ( been going through some old finds that i havent fully Identified so i can write them down in my finds book. thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 Looks like a good ID to me. I find something like that under hemlock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 The first photo is too dark. But, the second one looks like A. crenulata. Here in NE PA this is one of the most common mycorrhizal species of mid/late fall, usually with conifers, often on lawns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
109skulls Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 thanks everyone for your input! and sorry about the lighting in the second picture. thought they looked like textbook crenulata when I saw them but I failed to take a decent picture for further IDing. thank you for the tip Dave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I've made several A. crenulata collections these past few weeks https://mushroomobserver.org/507313?q=1nrvY https://mushroomobserver.org/507315?q=1nrvY https://mushroomobserver.org/507282?q=1nrvY . The third one comes from oak-dominated woods. These three observations are all pretty much classic A. crenulata. The "crenulata" story gets more interesting with ones like... https://mushroomobserver.org/326553?q=1ns6C . This last observation features fruit bodies that were submitted for sequencing as part of the North American Mycoflora Project. The ITS (portion of the DNA/genome) matched an accession in GenBank labeled "Amanita crenulata." Perhaps the summer version of A. crenulata looks different than the typical fall version? Or maybe there are two distinct taxa that are genetically close? Here's another interesting ITS match for A. crenulata https://mushroomobserver.org/458584?q=1ns6M . I'm hoping at least one of my recent classic crenulata collections will be sequenced (first three shown above). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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