| Squamanita citricolor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Squamanitaceae |
| Genus: | Squamanita |
| Species: | S. citricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Squamanita citricolor Thoen (1998) | |
Squamanita citricolor is a species of fungus in the family Squamanitaceae. Found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , it was first described as new to science in 1998. Fruit bodies of the fungus have a yellow cap, and a whitish to yellowish stipe originating from a yellowish, deeply rooting basal bulb in the shape of an inverted cone. Microscopically, the fungus features very thick-walled spindle-shaped (fusiform) pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia.
References
- Bas C, Thoen D. (1998). "Squamanita citricolor, a new species from central Africa". Persoonia. 17 (1): 135–139.
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| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Squamanita citricolor | |