| Amanita marmorata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. marmorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita marmorata (Cleland & E.-J. Gilbert) E.-J. Gilbert 1941 | |
Amanita marmorata is a species of Amanita found in Denmark and South Australia. [1] It is commonly known as the marbled death cap. Its name derives from the marbling pattern on its pileus, and it's relation to A. phalloides .
A. marmorata may be mistaken for edible Agaricus spp. , and is 45-60 mm wide on its pileus. The fruiting body may appear white, gray, or brown. Their appearance is similar to many common mushrooms. A skirt-like annulus is found on its stipe, and the base of the stipe is bulbous and encased in a saccate volva.
The cap, gills, stipe, and spores are all poisonous. The species contains amatoxins which are deadly to humans.
A. marmorata may have a strong odor that can develop from mild to pungent over time.
A. marmorata spores are spheroid to ellipsoid. They have a white to cream spore print.
Media related to Amanita marmorata at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Amanita marmorata at WikispeciesDavison, E. M., Giustiniano, D., Busetti, F., Gates, G. M., & Syme, K. (2017). Death cap mushrooms from southern Australia: additions to Amanita (Amanitaceae, Agaricales) section Phalloideae Clade IX. Australian Systematic Botany, 30(4), 371–389. https://doi-org.proxy-commonwealthu.klnpa.org/10.1071/SB17032
