Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Agaricales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Amanita virosa | |||
Author: | Amanita virosa (Fr.) Bertillon, J. Elisha Mitchell Scient. Soc. 33:83 1917. Basionym: Agaricus virosus Fr., Epicrisis systematis mycologici (Uppsala): 3 1838. |
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Description: | Pileus 5-8 cm, flat, white, pale yellow in the center, glabrous, viscid, margin striate. Gills free, crowded of several lengths, white, entire. Stipe central, 8-10 × 0.7-1 cm, solid, white, covered by small scales, base enlarged. Annulus membranous, white. Volva saccate, white. Spores globose, hyaline, smooth, I+, 6-8 μm. Cystidia clavate. Hyphae without clamps. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Nantou: Tungpu, on soil, 20 Sep. 1995, CWN 01261 (TNM F0004347). |
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Habitat: | Isolated or scattered on ground in broad-leaved forest. | |||
Distribution: | Cosmopolitan. |
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References: | Imazeki, R. and Hongo, T. 1987; Breitenbach, J. and Kranzlin, E. 1995; Chang, T. T. et al. 2001. |
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Provided: | W. N. Chou |
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Note: | It is deadly poisonous. | |||