Amanita

The genus Amanita contains about 600 described species of agarics, including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded edible species (and many species of unknown edibility). The genus is responsible for 95% of fatalities resulting from mushroom poisoning, with the death cap accounting for 90% of fatalities every year. The most potent toxin synthesized by this genus is .

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Amanita is a genus of fungi within the kingdom Fungi. It belongs to the phylum Basidiomycota, class Agaricomycetes, and order Agaricales. The taxon is classified in the family Amanitaceae, though one source lists it as Agaricaceae. The scientific name is attributed to Dill. ex Boehm., 1760, with the author citation Pers.

Records indicate a high volume of biological data. Occurrence counts reach 930,617, with 1,724 references in PubMed. Specimen records include 4,983 items and 4,910 media files, primarily from institutions IBUNAM and ECOSUR in Mexico. The genus is also noted as having a marine habitat in one classification.

The taxon is accepted in current databases and is referenced by 594 other encyclopedia articles.

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Species

Amanita

GENUS

KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyAmanitaceae

Habitatmarine

Observations recorded930,617

鵝膏菌屬（学名：Amanita）包含大約600個傘菌物種，包含一些世界有名的最毒菇類，但也包括一些可食用菇類。本屬的菇類造成了95%的毒菇致死案例，其中光是毒鹅膏就占有50%。在這些菇類中被發現到最強力的毒性成分為α-鵝膏菌素。本屬也包含了很多可食用菇類，但是真菌學家不鼓勵菇類獵人，除具有足夠知識的專家外，選取此屬內任何菇類給予人類食用。雖然如此，一些鵝膏菌屬菇類在生長季節期間是當地主流食用品種。其中一些例子是在中部非洲的Amanita zambiana和其他肉質品種、墨西哥的A. basii和相似品種、歐洲的白橙蓋鵝膏、和東南亞的白條蓋鵝膏菌。也有一些被用來做著色調味料，像是廣泛生長於加拿大東部和墨西哥東部的紅色A. jacksonii。本屬很多物種目前不知道是否可食用，尤其在澳洲等很多菌種都只有少量認知的國家。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 4,983
With media: 4,910
Family: Amanitaceae
Collections: IBUNAM, ECOSUR
Recorded in: Mexico

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Research

1,724 papers

Amanita phalloides-Associated Liver Failure: Molecular Mechanisms and Management.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Kayes T, Ho VDOI: 10.3390/ijms252313028
Management of Amanita phalloides poisoning: A literature review and update.ReviewJournal of critical care · 2018Ye Y, Liu ZDOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2018.03.028
Amanita phalloides: The Death Cap.The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India · 2023Bansal R, Bansal P
Amanita exitialis poisoning in five patients.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Zhong J, Yao Q, Li H et al.DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2023.2206945
[Poisonings with Amanita phalloides].ReviewMedycyna pracy · 2009Ferenc T, Lukasiewicz B, Ciećwierz J et al.
Amanita muscaria: chemistry, biology, toxicology, and ethnomycology.ReviewMycological research · 2003Michelot D, Melendez-Howell LMDOI: 10.1017/s0953756203007305
Authors' reply to amanita intoxication.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Dekkers BGJ, Touw DJDOI: 10.1080/15563650.2023.2206944
An outbreak of Amanita exitialis poisoning.Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Meng H, Chen Z, Chen L et al.DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2022.2159830

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

Taxonomy
Etymology
Toxicity
Edibility
Edible
Inedible
Poisonous
Deadly poisonous
Psychoactive species
''Amanita muscaria''
''Amanita pantherina''
Others
See also
References
Sources
External links

The genus also contains many edible mushrooms, but mycologists discourage mushroom hunters from selecting any of these for human consumption due to the potentially lethal consequences of misidentification. Nonetheless, in some cultures, the larger local edible species of Amanita are mainstays of the markets in the local growing season. Samples of this are Amanita zambiana and other fleshy species in central Africa, A. basii and similar species in Mexico, A. caesarea and the "Blusher" A. rubescens in Europe, and A. chepangiana in Southeast Asia. Other species are used for colouring sauces, such as the red A. jacksonii, with a range from eastern Canada to eastern Mexico.

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