''Amanita aliena'' is a fungus belonging to the genus ''

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'' and the subgenus of the same name. Its name comes from the Latin word "aliena" which stands for "foreign". It grows in isolation on soil and is in association with

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trees. Its distribution is said to span south Brazil from the States of

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to Santa Catarina. The first specimen was discovered in 2008 but it was not published until 2016.

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aliena Fungi of Brazil Fungi described in 2016 Fungus species {{Amanitaceae-stub

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