Species
Amanita vernicoccora (Spring coccora)
Amanita vernicoccora. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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 resulting from mushroom poisoning, with the death cap accounting for about 50% on its own. The most potent toxin present in these mushrooms is α-amanitin.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Suborder: Pluteineae
- Family: Amanitaceae (Amanita mushrooms and allies)
- Tribe: Amaniteae
- Genus: Amanita (Amanita mushrooms)
- Subgenus: Amanita (Amanita subg. amanita)
- Section: Caesareae (Amanita sect. caesareae)
- Species: Amanita vernicoccora (Spring coccora)
- Section: Caesareae (Amanita sect. caesareae)
- Subgenus: Amanita (Amanita subg. amanita)
- Genus: Amanita (Amanita mushrooms)
- Tribe: Amaniteae
- Family: Amanitaceae (Amanita mushrooms and allies)
- Suborder: Pluteineae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)







































