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Amanita chrysoblema, holotype (CUP-A-032114)
Original collection date: Sept. 20, 1907.

Collector: Kauffman

Publication: Mich. geol. biol. Surv., Biol. Ser. 5 26: 613 (1918)

Present photo from the Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium (2024)

Samples from my herbarium sent to Dr. Rod Tulloss for sequencing on 12/3/18 upon his request.
A Very interesting collection. Looked very similar to Amanita augusta, only lacking the yellow cast to veil and stem. Very thick, large, meaty specimens-largest fruiting body was well over 12cm across for cap. Cap patches are dark grey and adhered to cap more so than A. pantherina or A. gemmata. Umber central disc to mature fruiting bodies. Young specimens were deep yellow with an olive cast throughout caps. Volva=double collared. Fruiting directly beneath young Western red cedar and mature Douglas firs. Added images for canopy type. Harvested 3 fruiting bodies for home herbarium. Available for further study/analysis/sequencing.
12/3/18-Sending out vouchering samples to RET on 12/3/18. Retaining remainder of collection in home herbarium storage. See attached link to MO for herbarium info and notes/correspondence with Dr. Tulloss. https://mushroomobserver.org/348262?q=bIMK