Amanita – Variety of Life

*Fly agaric* Amanita muscaria, copyright Bernard Spragg.

Belongs within: Pluteaceae.

Amanita is a genus of mushrooms characterised by free or subfree lamellae, divergent lamellar trama, hemiangiocarpic development, and a white spore print (Moncalvo et al. 2000).

Amanita Pers. 1797 (see below for synonymy)^KC01
    |  i. s.: A. caesareae^MDV00
    |         A. pantherina^KC01
    |         A. phalloides^PHK96    |         A. verna^PHK96    |--A. subg. Amanita^MDV00
    |    |--A. sect. Amanita^MDV00
    |    |    |--A. subsect. Amanita^MDV00
    |    |    |    |--A. gemmata^MDV00
    |    |    |    |--A. muscaria^MDV00
    |    |    |    |    |--A. m. var. muscaria^MDV00
    |    |    |    |    `--A. m. var. persicina^MDV00
    |    |    |    `--A. roseitincta^MDV00
    |    |    `--A. (subsect. Ovigerae) farinosa^MDV00
    |    `--A. sect. Vaginatae^MDV00
    |         |--A. subsect. Vaginatae^MDV00
    |         |    |--A. ceciliae^MDV00
    |         |    |--A. fulva^MDV00
    |         |    `--A. vaginata^MDV00
    |         `--A. (subsect. Caesareae) jacksonii^MDV00
    `--A. subg. Lepidella^MDV00 [=Lepidella Gilbert 1925 non Tiegh. 1911^KC01]
         |--A. sect. Lepidella^MDV00
         |    |--A. rhoadsii^MDV00
         |    |--A. rhopalopus^MDV00
         |    `--A. solitariiformis^MDV00
         `--A. sect. Phalloideae^MDV00
              |--A. (subsect. Phalloideae) virosa^MDV00
              |--A. subsect. Amidellae^MDV00
              |    |--A. peckiana^MDV00
              |    `--A. volvata^MDV00
              `--A. subsect. Validae^MDV00
                   |--A. ser. Validae^MDV00
                   |    |--A. flavoconia^MDV00
                   |    |--A. flavorubescens^MDV00
                   |    |--A. franchetii^MDV00
                   |    `--A. rubescens^MDV00
                   `--A. ser. Mappae^MDV00
                        |--A. brunnescens^MDV00
                        `--A. citrina^MDV00
                             |--A. c. var. citrina^BH05                             `--A. c. var. grisea^BH05

Amanita Pers. 1797 [=Venenarius Earle 1909; incl. Agaricus Raf. 1830 non Linnaeus 1753, Amanitaria Gilbert 1940, Amanitella Earle 1909, Amanitina Gilbert 1940, Amanitopsis Roze 1876 (nom. cons.), Amidella Gilbert 1940, Amplariella Gilbert 1940, Ariella Gilbert 1941, Aspidella Gilbert 1940 non Billings 1872 (ICZN), Boletium Clem. 1909, Gilbertia Donk 1934 (nom. inv.) nec Cossmann 1889 (ICZN) nec Osella 1977 (ICZN), Leucomyces Earle 1909, Pseudofarinaceus Battarra ex Kuntze 1891, Vaginaria (Forq.) Sacc. 1887 non Rich. ex Pers. 1805, Vaginarius Roussel 1806, Vaginata Nees 1816 (nom. rej.), Volvella Gilbert & Beeli 1941, Volvoamanita (Beck) Horak 1968, Volvoboletus Henn. 1898]^KC01

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BH05] Binder, M., D. S. Hibbett, K.-H. Larsson, E. Larsson, E. Langer & G. Langer. 2005. The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes). Systematics and Biodiversity 3 (2): 113–157.

[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9^th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).

[MDV00] Moncalvo, J. M., D. Drehmel & R. Vilgalys. 2000. Variation in modes and rates of evolution in nuclear and mitochondrial ribosomal DNA in the mushroom genus Amanita (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): phylogenetic implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16 (1): 48–63.

[PHK96] Prescott, L. M., J. P. Harley & D. A. Klein. 1996. Microbiology 3^rd ed. Wm. C. Brown Publishers: Dubuque (Iowa).

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