Amanita hesleri or Hesler's lepidella is a species of fungus in the family Amanitaceae. It is found in the southern and eastern United States from North Carolina and Tennessee to Mississippi and Texas.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. The note covers its whole genus. Genus holds the deadliest mushrooms; several species are edible but none should be eaten without expert identification Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Amanita longipes — considered toxic
- Amanita cokeri — considered toxic
- Amanita polypyramis — considered toxic
- Amanita cinereoconia — considered toxic
- Amanita gracilior — considered toxic
- Amanita magniverrucata — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Amanitaceae
- Genus
- Amanita
- Species
- Amanita hesleri
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