About Amanita breckonii Thiers & Ammirati
Amanita breckonii is a species of agaric fungus that belongs to the genus Amanita. It has been found in California and Washington, where it grows in association with Monterey pine, ponderosa pine, and spruce. This species was formally described as new to science in 1982 by mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and Joseph Ammirati. The holotype specimen of the fungus was collected in 1966 on the campus of San Francisco State University by Gary Breckon, who was a graduate student at the time, and the species is named after him.
