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Keys, Checklists, 
& Some Illustrations in Institutional Collections

 

 
All keys and checklists (formatted as PDF or HTML files) should be considered to be in draft form.  We are beginning to add links to sets of illustrations in institutional collections.  Suggestions and corrections are very welcome.

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Understanding terms & notations in keys and checklists 

• Meaning of biometric variables
  

Checklist / picture books
These checklists are intended both as accounts of currently reported taxa from various regions; and, in addition, as a pictorial means of accessing this site's pages of taxonomic descriptions.

AFRICA

Amanita found in sub-Saharan Africa, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)
(HTML. Updated 14 September 2007.)

AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND

Amanita found in Australia and New Zealand, Checklist of species of (under development) 
(unillustrated PDF 73 KB.  Updated 12 January 2007.)

CANADA

Amanita found in Gros Morne National Park, Canada, and other sites on the Island of Newfoundland & in southern Labrador (2003-present), Illustrated checklist of species of  (under development)
(HTML.  Updated 25 October 2007.)

CENTRAL AMERICA -- BELIZE, COSTA RICA, and HONDURAS

Amanitaceae found in Belize, Costa Rica, and Honduras, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)
(HTML)

COLOMBIA

Amanita found in Andean Colombia, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)

INDIA

Amanita found in India, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)

Amanita recorded for India, An annotated checklist of species of 
(PDF 8.26 Mbytes (page images).  From Mycotaxon 88: 249-270.)

MEXICO

Amanita found in the States of Hidalgo & Tlaxcala, Mexico, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development) (under development)

PAKISTAN

Amanita found in Pakistan, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)

SOUTHEAST ASIA -- THAILAND

Amanita found in northern and northeastern Thailand, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)

U.S.A.

Amanitaceae found in the Chiricahua Mountains & other sites in Arizona & New Mexico (1989-present), Illustrated checklist of species of (under development, partially unreviewed as marked)
(HTML.  Updated 21 February 2008.)

Amanita found in Florida and Alabama, Illustrated checklist of species of (under development).
(HTML.)

Amanitaceae found in Great Smoky Mountains National Park---list of the current ATBI project (1999-present), Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)
(HTML. Updated 2 December 2007.)

Amanita found in the New Jersey Pine Barrens & surrounding areas of New Jersey, Long Island (New York) & eastern Pennsylvania (1976-present), Illustrated checklist of species of (under development)
(HTML. Updated 2 December 2007.)

Amanita found in eastern Texas and the Gulf Coast regions of Louisiana and Mississippi, Illustrated checklist of species of (rough draft, under development)
(HTML. Updated 2 December 2007)

Keys

Regional keys

Canada

• Amanita found on the Island of Newfoundland and in southern Labrador, Key to the species of (under development)
  
  

Central and North America

• Amanita found in the Cordillera Talamanca, Costa Rica, and some other regions of Central America, Key to the species of
  (PDF)
  
  
• Amanita section Phalloideae, Key to North and Central American species of  
  (HTML 57 KB. Updated 15 October 2006.)
  

U.S.A.

• Amanita - Eastern North America (Provinces of Newfoundland & Labrador and Quebec, Canada, to US coastal states on the Gulf of Mexico)

  Amanita found in northeastern and eastern North America (approximately Québec to the Carolinas, with some Florida species included), Key to species of
  (PDF 374 KB. Updated 8 March 2003.)
  [Note: Now out of date, containing numerous errors, and with several omissions.  To be replaced as soon as possible by the following sectional keys.]

  Amanita sect. Amanita of eastern North America, Key to species of 
  (PDF 73.7 KB.  Updated 1 August 2006.)
  
  Amanita sect. Caesareae of eastern North America, Key to species of (t.b.d.)

  Amanita sect. Vaginatae of eastern North America, Key to species of (t.b.d.)

  Amanita sect. Lepidella of eastern North America, Key to species of (t.b.d.)

  Amanita sect. Amidella of eastern North America, Key to species of (t.b.d.)

  Amanita sect. Phalloideae of eastern North America, Key to species of (see North American key)

  Amanita sect. Validae of eastern North America, Key to species of (t.b.d.)
  
  

• Amanita found in the Pacific coastal states of the U.S. and neighboring regions, Key to species of
  (PDF 83 KB. Updated 22 April 2007.)
  
  
• Amanita in the Pacific Northwest, A trial key to the species of
  (by Janet E. Lindgren, Northwest Key Council, updated 2005, accessed 20 October 2005)
  
  

World keys by taxonomic group

• Amanita section Caesareae, Provisional key to taxa of
  NEW (PDF 772 KB. Updated 1 December 2007.)
  
  
• Amanita section Validae, Keys to rubescent taxa in
  (PDF 19 KB. Updated 10 March 2003.)
  
  
• Amanita stirps Crocea, Amanita stirps Fulva, and Amanita stirps Romagnesiana, Provisional key to
  (PDF 47 KB. Updated 14 April 2003.)
  
  
• Amanita stirps Hemibapha (see Amanita section Caesareae)
  
  
• Amanita, Visual Key to the sections of
  (PDF 6 KB. Updated 31 March 2003)
  
  

Illustrations in Institutional Collections 

• Atkinson, Cornell University collections of photographs of G. F.

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