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)]).

Type species

Amanita muscaria (L.) Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. (Paris) 1(1): 111 (1783)

Amanita. The titular genus of the family. The fruit bodies are capitate with a developed hymenophore; the lamellae are light-colored (white, yellow), free. The general veil is present in all species, leaving a developed or reduced volva at the base of the stem. The private veil is membranous, leaving a ring or disappearing without a trace, and in some species it is completely absent. Mycorrhizal fungi. More than 600 species are distributed all over the globe, some species are cosmopolitans, found on all continents. Among the representatives of the genus there are species of all statuses of edibility - from deadly poisonous to highly valuable edible