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Amanita frostiana

(Peck) Sacc.

Frost's Amanita

GNRUnranked Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.943050

Element CodeNFAGA07190

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumBasidiomycota

ClassBasidiomycetes

OrderAgaricales

FamilyAmanitaceae

GenusAmanita

Synonyms

Agaricus frostianusPeck

Other Common Names

Amanite de Frost (FR)

Concept Reference

Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Mycobank (2025) recognizes Agaricus frostianus as the accepted name for this element.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

CanadaNU

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

New Hampshire (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Kinsman Mountain	White Mountain National Forest	8,999
Pemigewasset Ext	White Mountain National Forest	15,840
Sandwich Range	White Mountain National Forest	16,797
Wild River	White Mountain National Forest	46,878

Wisconsin (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
09012 - Round Lake Study Area	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest	3,707

References (5)

Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2018. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 16 June 2018. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Index Fungorum and Species Fungorum. 2025. <i>In</i> Index Fungorum-Species Fungorum (<a href="https://indexfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://indexfungorum.org</a> and <a href="https://speciesfungorum.org" target="_blank">https://speciesfungorum.org</a>) database export on 29 September 2025. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
MycoBank. 2025. MycoBank database download, export date January 2025. International Mycological Association. [http://www.mycobank.org]
Phillips, R. 1991. Mushrooms of North America. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 319 pp.
Species Fungorum. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org. (accessed 2015)