List of Amanita species

The following is a list of some notable species of the agaric genus Amanita. This genus contains over 500 named species and varieties, so the list is far from exhaustive. The list follows the classification of subgenera and sections of Amanita outline by Corner and Bas (1962) and Bas (1969), as used by Tulloss (2007). Bolding of the species name and an asterisk (*) following indicates the species is the type species of that section, with a double asterik (**) indicating the type species of the entire genus. Use of common names follows Tuloss (2007), Holden (2003), Arora (1986), and Lincoff (1981).

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subgenus Amanita

section Amanita

•  Amanita altipes (southwestern China)
•  Amanita armeniaca – gypsy amanita (Australia)
•  Amanita farinosa – (eastern North America to Central America)
•  Amanita frostiana – Frost's amanita (eastern North America)
•  Amanita gemmata – gemmed mushroom, jewelled amanita
•  Amanita muscaria ** – fly agaric (cosmopolitan)
•  Amanita pantherina – panther mushroom, panther cap (Northern Hemisphere)
•  Amanita parvipantherina (Yunnan province, southwestern China)
•  Amanita virgineoides - white-colored (Japan)
•  Amanita xanthocephala – vermillion grisette (Australia)

section Vaginatae

•  Amanita ceciliae (= Amanita inaurata) - Cecilia's ringless amanita, snakeskin grisette (Europe)
•  Amanita crocea – orange grisette, saffron ringless amanita (Europe)
•  Amanita fulva – tawny grisette, orange-brown ringless amanita (Europe)
•  Amanita liquii (southwestern China)
•  Amanita nivalis – mountain grisette, snow ringless amanita (Arctic/Alpine)
•  Amanita orientifulva (southwestern China)
•  Amanita pachycolea – Stuntz' great ringless amanita, western grisette (western North America)
•  Amanita umbrinolutea – umber-zoned ringless amanita
•  Amanita vaginata * – grisette
•  Amanita velosa – springtime amanita, bittersweet orange ringless amanita (western North America)

section Caesareae

•  Amanita basii – (Mexico)
•  Amanita caesarea * – Caesar's mushroom, caesar, royal amanita (Southern Europe)
•  Amanita chepangiana – (South-East Asia)
•  Amanita hemibapha (species complex) – half-dyed slender caesar (Pantropical)
•  Amanita jacksonii – Jackson's slender caesar, american caesar (eastern North America)
•  Amanita lanei (= Amanita calyptrata) – coccora, coccoli (western North America)
•  Amanita spreta – hated amanita, hated caesar (eastern North America)
•  Amanita zambiana – Zambian slender caesar (Africa)

subgenus Lepidella

section Lepidella

•  Amanita austroviridis (Australia) – Australian verdigris lepidella
•  Amanita ananaeceps – white-veiled lepidella, Australian pineapple lepidella (Australia)
•  Amanita cokeri – Coker's lepidella
•  Amanita nauseosa
•  Amanita smithiana – Smith's lepidella (western North America)
•  Amanita solitaria – European solitary lepidella
•  Amanita thiersii – Thiers' lepidella (eastern North America)
•  Amanita vittadinii * – barefoot amanita, Vittadini's lepidella

section Amidella

•  Amanita ovoidea – bearded amanita, European egg amidella (southern Europe)
•  Amanita volvata * – American amidella (eastern North America)

section Phalloideae

• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita arocheae – Latin American death cap (Central/South America)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita bisporigera – destroying angel (eastern North America)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita exitialis – Guangzhou destroying angel (southern China)
•  Amanita manginiana – Chiu's false death cap (East Asia)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita ocreata – destroying angel, death angel (western North America)
•  Amanita pseudoporphyria – Hongo's false death cap (East & South Asia)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita phalloides * – death cap (or death cup)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita subjunquillea – east Asian death cap (East & Southeast Asia)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita verna – fool's mushroom (France)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita virosa – destroying angel (Europe)
• Error creating thumbnail:  Amanita virosiformis – narrow-spored destroying angel (Florida)

section Validae

•  Amanita brunnescens – brown star-footed amanita, cleft-footed amanita (North America)
•  Amanita citrina – citrine amanita, false death cap
•  Amanita excelsa * (=Amanita spissa or Amanita valida) – grey-spotted amanita, European false blusher
•  Amanita flavella – orange amanita, Australian yellow-dust amanita (Australia)
•  Amanita flavoconia – yellow patches, American yellow-dust amanita (eastern North America)
•  Amanita flavorubens – yellow blusher (eastern North America)
•  Amanita franchetii (= Amanita aspera) – yellow-veiled amanita (North America)
•  Amanita novinupta – western blusher, blushing bride (western North America)
•  Amanita porphyria – purple-brown amanita, porphyry amanita
•  Amanita rubescens – European blusher, golmotte (Europe and eastern North America)

References

• Arora D. (1986). Mushrooms demystified (2nd ed). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 0898151694
• Bas C. (1969). Morphology and subdivision of Amanita and a monograph of its section Lepidella. Persoonia 5: 285-579.
• Corner, EJH and Bas C. (1962). The genus Amanita in Singapore and Malaya. Persoonia 2:241–304.
• Holden EM. (2003). Recommended English Names for Fungi in the UK.
• Lincoff GH. (1981). The Audubon Society field guide to North American mushrooms. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0394519922
• Tulloss RE. (2007). "The genus Amanita Pers. (Agaricales, Fungi)" (website).
• Yang ZL, Weiss M & Oberwinkler F. (2004) New species of Amanita from the eastern Himalaya and adjacent regions