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Amanita porphyria

Alb. & Schwein.

Purplish Amanita

G5Secure Found in 14 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.943000
Element CodeNFAGA07330
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassBasidiomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyAmanitaceae
GenusAmanita
Other Common Names
Amanite porphyrique (FR) Booted Amanita (EN)
Concept Reference
Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Mycobank (2025) include Amanita tomentella in Amanita porphyria, while Species Fungorum (2025) treat them as distinct.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2017-04-24
Change Date2017-04-24
Rank Reasons
Cosmopolitan; widespread in Canada and northern U.S.; it grows in the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific coast, including Alaska (Schalkwijk-Barensden 1991).
Range Extent Comments
Cosmopolitan; widespread in Canada and northern U.S., although it is not very common; it grows in the Rocky Mountains and along the Pacific coast, including Alaska (Schalkwijk-Barensden 1991).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MontanaSNRYes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
AlbertaS2Yes
QuebecS5Yes
ManitobaS3Yes
Island of NewfoundlandSNRYes
New BrunswickSUYes
Nova ScotiaS4Yes
British ColumbiaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (14)
Alaska (4)
AreaForestAcres
Boston BarChugach National Forest53,617
East MitkofTongass National Forest8,795
MadanTongass National Forest68,553
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
Oregon (7)
AreaForestAcres
Brown Mt.Winema National Forest3,117
ElkhornWillamette National Forest9,380
FairviewUmpqua National Forest7,417
French Pete (a)Willamette National Forest1,668
Salmon - HuckleberryMt. Hood National Forest17,570
TahkenitchSiuslaw National Forest5,799
WoahinkSiuslaw National Forest5,309
Washington (3)
AreaForestAcres
Grassy TopIdaho Panhandle National Forests13,485
Green MountainOlympic National Forest4,617
SiouxonGifford Pinchot National Forest12,773
References (4)
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Schalkwijk-Barendsen, H.M.E. 1991. Mushrooms of Western Canada. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton. 414 pp.
  4. Species Fungorum. Species Fungorum Partnership (CABI, IT IS, Catalogue of Life). http://www.speciesfungorum.org. (accessed 2015)