so, Section Vaginatae has over 400 described species under it’s umbrella.
Within Section Vaginatae we have 6 ‘Series’ and 12 ‘Stirps’ (we do not use ‘Subsection’ in this ‘Section’).
Of those 6 ‘Series’, they are also broken down into ‘Stirps’
Involving my linked observation above, ‘Series Penetratrices’ has 9 ‘Stirps’ under that umbrella, which all house a small handful of species. ‘Series Penetratrices’ has over 60 species which it houses (6 of which are nomen acceptum, the rest are provisional or have temporary codes)
Involving my linked observation above, ‘Stirps Glenosomma’ houses 2 species.
Involving my linked observation above, this is ‘Species’ Amanita albemarlensis.
I am content with the iNat policy of not using provisional names (although a few more well known species have slipped through that crack).
I would be more content (for now) if I could list this as a penetrator (Series Penetratrices) within the accepted iNat taxonomy, which by macroscopic characteristics alone can be placed with user observations.
I cannot bring myself to use a ‘substitute taxa rank’ being that other sections of Amanita already use rankings that may not be used in others.
For starters, being able to use the rank of ‘Series’ would resolve a lot of issues. In this case, being able to use iNat and place this in a group of 60 species is much better than only being able to place this in a group of 400 species.