Saproamanita | |
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Saproamanita vittadinii in grass in Italy | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Amanitaceae |
Genus: | Saproamanita Redhead, Vizzini, Drehmel & Contu (2016) |
Type species | |
Saproamanita vittadinii [1] (Moretti) Redhead, Vizzini, Drehmel & Contu (2016)
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Diversity | |
c. 23 species | |
Synonyms | |
Lepidella E.-J. Gilbert (1925) |
The genus Saproamanita contains about 24 species of agarics and is one of six genera in the family Amanitaceae, of which the similar Amanita is also a member. Saproamanita differs from Amanita in that its species are saprophytic, and not ectomycorrhizal.