Genus: Amanita

Amanita — genus of fungi of family Amanitaceae.

Etymology

Amanita, Amanita, Fly agaric. From αμανιτας, αι (amanitas, ai), mushroom (regardless of species). Also Amanus m, Mount Aman. (As Saccardo writes, «Nomen fungi a Galeno inditum, forte a monte Amano», i.e. «Galen indicates that the name of the fungus is possibly derived from Mount Aman» [Saccardo, P.A. Sylloge Fungorum V: 8 (1887)]).