Mountain Grisette

Amanita nivalis Grev.

A species in the family Amanitaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 5 common names across 3 languages.

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Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita

What it is called

English: Mountain Grisette, Snowbed Amanita
Scottish Gaelic: amanita sneachda, amanitannan sneachda
Welsh: Amanita'r Mynydd

Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

Amanita alpina Contu
Amanita hyperborea P.Karst.
Amanita vaginata f. nivalis (Grev.) Veselý
Amanita vaginata var. oreina J.Favre
Amanitina nivalis (Grev.) E.-J.Gilbert
Amanitopsis nivalis (Grev.) Rea
Amanitopsis vaginata var. nivalis (Grev.) Peck
Pseudofarinaceus nivalis (Grev.) Kuntze
Vaginata nivalis (Grev.) Kuntze

Others in Amanita

Amanita abrupta Amanita abruptiformis Amanita advena Amanita aestivalis Amanita afrospinosa Amanita agglutinata Amanita ahmadii Amanita alauda Amanita albicarnosa Amanita albida Amanita albidannulata Amanita albidoides

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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