Amanitaceae
Amanita pupatju E.M.Davison, Giustiniano, McGurk & E.L.J.Watkin , legitimate, scientific
Davison, E.M., Giustiniano, D., Bougher, N.L., McGurk, L.E. & Watkin, E.L.J. (8 September 2021), Additions to Amanita (Amanitaceae, Agaricales) section Arenariae from south-western Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 34: 558, figs. 12,13 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Type: AUSTRALIA. Western Australia: city of Melville, Murdoch University grounds, 32°47'27"S, 115°50'04"E, 31 May 2015, E.M. Davison 9–2015 & P.J.N. Davison, (holo: PERTH 09269525!)."
  • Text: DNA sequence: from holotype: GenBank MW775301 (ITS), MW775287 (nuLSU), MW820659 (ef1-a), MW820668 (b-tubulin).
  • Text: identifier: MB 839134
  • Etymology: "Pupatju means ‘to cover the head’ in the Nhanda dialect of the Western Australian Aboriginal Noongar language, reflecting the patches of universal veil on the pileus. The epithet is formed as a noun in apposition."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - FungI [secondary reference]