Amanita sect. Caesareae

Mu, Man, Huang, Hong-Yan, Zhang, Wen-Hao & Tang, Li-Ping, 2021, A new species with pink lamellae of Amanita section Caesareae from China, Phytotaxa 478 (1), pp. 141-150 : 148

Key to the five species with pink lamellae in Amanita sect. Caesareae

1. Pileus white; usually 2-spored basidia; known from North America.................................................................................. A. ristichii

1. Pileus not white; usually 4-spored basidia .........................................................................................................................................2

2. Spores subglobose, Q 1.11–1.3, known from East Asia............................................................................................... A. longistriata

2. Spores ellipsoid to elongate, Q> 1.3..................................................................................................................................................3

3. Basidiomata large, pileus about 10 cm diam; not striate; spores Q 1.49–1.56; growing in sclerophyll forests; known from Australia................................................................................................................................................................. A. roseolamellata

3. Basidiomata medium, pileus ≤ 10 cm diam; with striations; growing in pine forests .......................................................................4

4. Pileus pale, grayish to gray at young; margin with shorter striations (0.2–0.4 R); spores ellipsoid, Q 1.31–1.56; known from Japan and China.................................................................................................................................................................. A. incarnatifolia

4. Pileus dark, buff to cacao brown at first; margin with longer striations (0.3–0.4 R); spores ellipsoid to elongate, Q 1.38–1.63; only known from China................................................................................................................................................................... A. fense