''Amanita chepangiana'', commonly known as the Chepang slender Caesar, is a species of

agaric An agaric () is a type of fungus fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus (cap) that is clearly differentiated from the stipe (stalk), with lamellae (gills) on the underside of the pileus. In the UK, agarics are called "mushrooms ...

fungus in the family

Amanitaceae The Amanitaceae is a family of mushroom-forming fungi. ''Amanita'' Pers. is one of the most specious and best-known fungal genera. The family, also commonly called the amanita family, is in order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms. The family c ...

native to China and southern Asia. In parts of Yunnan, China, the species is traditionally consumed. However, toxicity analysis found out at least one type of

amatoxin Amatoxin is the collective name of a subgroup of at least nine related toxic compounds found in three genera of poisonous mushrooms (''Amanita'', '' Galerina'' and '' Lepiota'') and one species ( Conocybe filaris) of the genus '' Conocybe''. Amatoxi ...

and

phallotoxin The phallotoxins consist of at least seven compounds, all of which are bicyclic heptapeptides (seven amino acids), isolated from the death cap mushroom ''(Amanita phalloides)''. They differ from the closely related amatoxins by being one residue sma ...

each within the species. Since it is difficult to distinguish from other lethal species, human consumption is generally not recommended.云南野生蘑菇中毒防治手册 2011.05
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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2841081 chepangiana Fungi of China Fungi described in 1992