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Amanita fuliginea

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Amanitaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Amanita

Similar
  
Amanita exitialis, Amanita pseudoporphyria, Amanita subjunquillea, Amanita rubrovolvata, Amanita flavipes

Amanita fuliginea, commonly known as the east Asian brown death cap, is a species of deadly poisonous mushroom in the family Amanitaceae. It was described as new to science by Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo in 1953. Fruit bodies have convex, dark gray to blackish caps measuring 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter. The gills, largely free from attachment to the stipe, are white and have short gills (lamellulae) interspersed. The spores are roughly spherical, amyloid, and typically measure 8–11 by 7–9.5 µm. The mushroom is common in China, where it has caused several poisonings. Several toxic peptides have been identified from the mushroom: α-amanitin, β-amanitin, amaninamide, phallacin, phallacidin, phallisacin, desoxoviroidin, and an additional unidentified phallotoxin. A. fuliginea is classified in Amanita section Phalloideae, which contains several deadly toxic species.

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Amanita fuliginea Wikipedia