Amanita excelsa
| Amanita excelsa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. excelsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita excelsa (Fr.) Bertill. (1866) | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Amanita excelsa | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or flat |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe has a ring and volva |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Amanita excelsa, also known as the European false blushing amanita,[1] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows in deciduous forests.[2]
This mushroom is a secondary food source for adults and larvae of the pleasing fungus beetle Tritoma biguttata, or at least its subspecies T.b.affinis.[3]
Toxicity
Amanita excelsa var. alba is inedible.[4]
A. excelsa var. spissa is edible, but can easily be confused with the highly poisonous A. pantherina.[5]
References
- ↑ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ↑ Zhishu B, Zheng G, Taihui L (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-962-201-556-2.
- ↑ Goodrich, Michael A. & Skelley, Paul E. (1994): Fungal host records for species of Tritoma (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of America North of Mexico. Entomol. News 105: 289-294. PDF fulltext
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
