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Amanita breckonii Thiers & Ammirati
Amanitaceae

Amanita breckonii Thiers & Ammirati

Amanita breckonii Thiers & Ammirati

Amanita breckonii is an agaric fungus of the genus Amanita, found in western North America associated with pines and spruce.

Amanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc.
Amanitaceae

Amanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc.

Amanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc.

Amanita frostiana is a rare mushroom native to eastern North America that grows in mixed oak-conifer forests.

Amanita regalis (Fr.) Michael
Amanitaceae

Amanita regalis (Fr.) Michael

Amanita regalis (Fr.) Michael

Amanita regalis is a poisonous mycorrhizal mushroom found mostly in northern Europe and Alaska, containing ibotenic acid, muscimol, and bioaccumulated vanadium.

Amanita aprica J.Lindgr. & Tulloss
Amanitaceae

Amanita aprica J.Lindgr. & Tulloss

Amanita aprica J.Lindgr. & Tulloss

Amanita aprica (sunshine amanita) is a toxic North American Pacific Northwest mushroom in the Amanitaceae family, first described in 2005.

Amanita persicina (D.T.Jenkins) Tulloss & Geml
Amanitaceae

Amanita persicina (D.T.Jenkins) Tulloss & Geml

Amanita persicina (D.T.Jenkins) Tulloss & Geml

Amanita persicina, the peach-colored fly agaric, is a poisonous, psychoactive basidiomycete fungus native to eastern North America.

Amanita toxica (Lazo) Garrido & Bresinsky
Amanitaceae

Amanita toxica (Lazo) Garrido & Bresinsky

Amanita toxica (Lazo) Garrido & Bresinsky

Lazo's Deadly Amanita, Amanita toxica, is a Chile-endemic mushroom often found in Pinus radiata plantations.

Amanita orientigemmata Zhu L.Yang & Yoshim.Doi
Amanitaceae

Amanita orientigemmata Zhu L.Yang & Yoshim.Doi

Amanita orientigemmata Zhu L.Yang & Yoshim.Doi

Amanita orientigemmata is a poisonous mushroom that has caused at least one non-lethal poisoning case in China.

Amanita ibotengutake T.Oda, C.Tanaka & Tsuda
Amanitaceae

Amanita ibotengutake T.Oda, C.Tanaka & Tsuda

Amanita ibotengutake T.Oda, C.Tanaka & Tsuda

Amanita ibotengutake is a toxic, psychoactive Japanese agaric fungus first described as a distinct species in 2002.

Amanita farinosa Schwein.
Amanitaceae

Amanita farinosa Schwein.

Amanita farinosa Schwein.

Amanita farinosa Schwein. is an uncommon poisonous mushroom found in eastern North American hardwood underwood from summer to autumn.

Amanita roseotincta (Murrill) Murrill
Amanitaceae

Amanita roseotincta (Murrill) Murrill

Amanita roseotincta (Murrill) Murrill

Amanita roseotincta is a medium-sized North American Amanita mushroom with distinct two-layered veil remnants.

Amanita nehuta G.S.Ridl.
Amanitaceae

Amanita nehuta G.S.Ridl.

Amanita nehuta G.S.Ridl.

Amanita nehuta is a species of fungus first described from Wellington, New Zealand, that grows associated with Nothofagus, Leptospermum, and Kunzea.

Amanita crenulata Peck
Amanitaceae

Amanita crenulata Peck

Amanita crenulata Peck

Amanita crenulata Peck is an ectomycorrhizal mushroom recognizable by pale warts giving it the name champagne.

Amanita xanthocephala (Berk.) D.A.Reid & R.N.Hilton
Amanitaceae

Amanita xanthocephala (Berk.) D.A.Reid & R.N.Hilton

Amanita xanthocephala (Berk.) D.A.Reid & R.N.Hilton

Amanita xanthocephala is a toxic Australian ringless mushroom that forms ectomycorrhizae with Eucalyptus.

Amanita rubrovolvata S.Imai
Amanitaceae

Amanita rubrovolvata S.Imai

Amanita rubrovolvata S.Imai

Amanita rubrovolvata is an Asian Amanita mushroom of uncertain edibility that causes mild poisoning in mouse studies.

Amanita thiersii Bas
Amanitaceae

Amanita thiersii Bas

Amanita thiersii Bas

Amanita thiersii is a white grassland mushroom suspected of toxicity, found in the central U.S. and Mexico.

Amanita vittadinii (Moretti) Vittad.
Amanitaceae

Amanita vittadinii (Moretti) Vittad.

Amanita vittadinii (Moretti) Vittad.

Vittadini's lepidella, Saproamanita vittadinii, is a fully white European saprophytic mushroom that does not need woody plant symbionts to grow.

Melanoleuca verrucipes (Fr.) Singer
Tricholomataceae

Melanoleuca verrucipes (Fr.) Singer

Melanoleuca verrucipes (Fr.) Singer

Melanoleuca verrucipes is a distinct Tricholomataceae fungus of unknown edibility first found in north London.

Melanoleuca cognata (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl.
Tricholomataceae

Melanoleuca cognata (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl.

Melanoleuca cognata (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl.

Melanoleuca cognata, the spring cavalier, is an edible agaric fungus found in Europe and North America.

Melanoleuca melaleuca (Pers.) Murrill
Tricholomataceae

Melanoleuca melaleuca (Pers.) Murrill

Melanoleuca melaleuca (Pers.) Murrill

Melanoleuca melaleuca is a widespread saprophytic mushroom found across multiple continents in grassy open habitats.

Volvariella bombycina (Schaeff.) Singer
Pluteaceae

Volvariella bombycina (Schaeff.) Singer

Volvariella bombycina (Schaeff.) Singer

Volvariella bombycina, the silky volvariella, is an uncommon protected edible saprobic mushroom with a wide global distribution.

Volvariella volvacea (Bull.) Singer
Pluteaceae

Volvariella volvacea (Bull.) Singer

Volvariella volvacea (Bull.) Singer

Volvariella volvacea, the edible straw mushroom, is often confused with the toxic death cap, causing occasional accidental poisoning.

Volvariella surrecta (Knapp) Singer
Pluteaceae

Volvariella surrecta (Knapp) Singer

Volvariella surrecta (Knapp) Singer

Volvariella surrecta is a rare, non-edible parasitic mushroom that grows on other larger fungal fruit bodies.

Entoloma ferruginans Peck
Entolomataceae

Entoloma ferruginans Peck

Entoloma ferruginans Peck

Bleachy entoloma (Entoloma ferruginans) is a chlorinated-scented North American mushroom species associated with live oaks.

Entoloma rodwayi (Massee) E.Horak
Entolomataceae

Entoloma rodwayi (Massee) E.Horak

Entoloma rodwayi (Massee) E.Horak

Entoloma rodwayi is a somewhat rare pink-spored mushroom found in wet Australian forests, with yellow-green fruitbodies that turn blue-green when dried.

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