Amanita excelsa
Amanita excelsa 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.[1]
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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) | |
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 | cap is convex |
 | hymenium is adnexed |
 | edibility: inedible |
Amanita excelsa var. spissa is edible, but there is a serious risk of confusing it with the highly poisonous Amanita pantherina.[2]
Amanita excelsa var. alba is inedible.[3]
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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