Amanita cokeri

Amanita cokeri
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
Synonyms[1]
Lepidella cokeri E.-J.Gilbert & Kühner (1928) Aspidella cokeri (E.-J.Gilbert & Kühner) E.-J.Gilbert (1940)

Amanita cokeri
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]

Description

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]

See also

Fungi portal

• List of Amanita species

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Amanita cokeri (E.-J. Gilbert & Kühner) E.-J. Gilbert". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=355702. Retrieved 01-03-2011. 
2. ^ Miller HR, Miller OK. (2006). North American Mushrooms: a Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon Guide. p. 46. ISBN 0-7627-3109-5. 
3. ^ Kuo M. (August 2003). "Amanita cokeri". MushroomExpert.com. http://www.mushroomexpert.com/amanita_cokeri.html. Retrieved 2011-03-01. 

External links

• Amanita cokeri in Index Fungorum.