The Amanitaceae is a

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mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is t ...

-forming

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

. ''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 fungal order Agaricales, also known as gilled mushrooms (for their distinctive gills) or euagarics, contains some of the most familiar types of mushrooms. The order has 33 extant families, 413 genera, and over 13,000 described species, alo ...

, the gilled mushrooms. The family consists primarily of the large

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Amanita The genus ''Amanita'' contains about 600 species of agarics, including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded edible species. This genus is responsible for approximately 95% of the fatalities result ...

'', but also includes the smaller genera '' Amarrendia'', ''

Catatrama ''Catatrama'' is a fungal genus in the family Amanitaceae, order Agaricales. Originally a monotypic genus with ''Catatrama costaricensis'', found in ''Quercus pilarius'' forest in Costa Rica. In 2007, the species was reported from Brazil. Sinc ...

'', ''

Limacella ''Limacella'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Amanitaceae in order Agaricales. Some of the species have been classified as members of genus '' Lepiota''. ''Limacella'' was described by mycologist Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909. ...

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Limacellopsis ''Limacellopsis'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi in the family Amanitaceae in order Agaricales. Analysis of DNA sequences was used to show that ''Limacellopsis'' was separate from ''Limacella ''Limacella'' is a genus of mushroom-formi ...

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Saproamanita The genus ''Saproamanita'' contains about 24 species of agarics and is one of six genera in the family Amanitaceae. The others are ''Amanita'' (which now includes the synonym ''Torrendia'', a generic name previously applied to secotioid, sequestr ...

'', ''

Torrendia ''Torrendia'' is a genus of agaric fungi in the family Amanitaceae in part defined by being sequestrate. By molecular analyses the genus was shown to be part of ''Amanita'' and has now been placed in synonymy with ''Amanita''. The type species, '' ...

'' and ''

Zhuliangomyces ''Zhuliangomyces'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi 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 calle ...

''. Both '' Amarrendia'' and ''

'' are considered to be synonymous with ''Amanita'' but appear quite different because they are secotioid. The species are usually found in woodlands. The most characteristic emerge from an egg-like structure formed by the

universal veil In mycology, a universal veil is a temporary membranous tissue that fully envelops immature fruiting bodies of certain gilled mushrooms. The developing Caesar's mushroom (''Amanita caesarea''), for example, which may resemble a small white sphe ...

. This family contains several species valued for edibility and flavor, and other deadly poisonous ones. More than half the cases of mushroom poisoning stem from members of this family. The most toxic members of this group have names that warn of the poisonous nature, but others, of varying degrees of toxicity, do not.

Some notable species

* '' Amanita caesarea'', Caesar's mushroom * ''

Amanita muscaria ''Amanita muscaria'', commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus ''Amanita''. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, ''Amanita muscar ...

'', fly agaric * '' Amanita rubescens'', blusher * ''

Amanita pantherina ''Amanita pantherina'', also known as the panther cap, false blusher, and the panther amanita due to its similarity to the true blusher ('' Amanita rubescens''), is a species of fungus found in Europe and Western Asia. Description *Cap: 5� ...

'', panther cap * ''

Amanita phalloides ''Amanita phalloides'' (), commonly known as the death cap, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus ''Amanita''. Widely distributed across Europe, but now sprouting in other parts of the world, ''A. phalloides ...

'', death cap. * '' Amanita velosa'', orange spring amanita. * '' Amanita virosa'', destroying angel * ''

Limacella bangladeshana ''Limacella bangladeshana'' is a species of the fungal family Amanitaceae. It is the first generic report for Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth ...

'', first limacella in Bangladesh * '' Limacella solidipes'', ringed limacella

References

External links

''Amanita'' studies site with 510+ taxa treated
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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 ...

Some notable species

See also

References

External links