Amanita peltigera D.A.Reid , legitimate, scientific
Reid, D.A. (1978), New species of Amanita (fungi) from Australia. Victorian Naturalist 95: 49 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "[Australia] Stirling West, Western Australia, coll J. Randals, March 1976 [Typus]."
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]
Davison, E.M., Giustiniano, D. & Haska, J.F. (8 May 2020), Clarification of the type locality of Amanita peltigera (Agaricales, Amanitaceae), phylogenetic placement within subgenus Amanitina, and an expanded description. Swainsona 33: 56 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Holotype: Australia. South Australia: Stirling West, 35°00’ S, 138°43’ E, Mar. 1976, John Randles s.n.; K(M) 236385!"
  • Text: identifier: MB 308577
  • Text: "In the protologue of Amanita peltigera D.A.Reid the type locality is stated as Stirling West, Western Australia, but no such place exists. Both collector information and rainfall records for the relevant period indicate the type locality is in South Australia not Western Australia."
  • Comment: Type locality updated here.