Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Amanita pantherina, also known as the panther cap and false blusher due to its similarity to the true blusher (Amanita rubescens), is a species of fungus found in Europe and Western Asia.
Muscimol is one of the principal psychoactive constituents of Amanita muscaria and related species of mushroom. Muscimol is a potent, selective agonist for the GABAA receptors and displays sedative-hypnotic, depressant and hallucinogenic psychoactivity. This colorless or white solid is classified as an isoxazole.
Julius Edler von Bergenstamm was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He worked alongside Friedrich Moritz Brauer the Director of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna.
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii, commonly known as the American yellow fly agaric is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita.
Amanita regalis, commonly known as the royal fly agaric or the king of Sweden Amanita, is a species of fungus in the Amanitaceae family. Common in Scandinavian countries, it is also found in eastern and northern Europe. In North America, its distribution is restricted to Alaska. The fruit bodies of the fungus somewhat resemble the fly agaric, and it was formerly regarded as a variety of this species. A. regalis differs from it in being larger, with a liver-brown cap bearing numerous scabs, and in having a stem which is yellow-ochre at the base, with patches or rings of patches. Chemical analysis has shown that this species contains muscimol, the same psychoactive compound found in A. muscaria.
Amanita frostiana, also known as Frost's Amanita, is a small fungi species of eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. The mushroom varies in colours from yellow, red or reddish pink usually.
Amanita muscaria var. formosa, known as the yellow orange fly agaric, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita. This variety, which can be distinguished from A. muscaria by its yellow cap, is a European taxon, although several North American field guides have referred A. muscaria var. guessowii to this name. American mycologist Harry D. Thiers described a yellow-capped taxon that he called var. formosa from the United States, but it is not the same as the European variety.
Mesosini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the Lamiinae subfamily.
Choeromorpha is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
Choeromorpha lambii is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Pascoe in 1866. It is known from Malaysia and Sumatra.
Choeromorpha mystica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1869, originally under the genus Agelasta. It is known from the Philippines.
Choeromorpha sulphurea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe in 1865, originally under the genus Agelasta. It is known from Sulawesi.
Choeromorpha callizona is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by White in 1856. It is known from Borneo and Malaysia.
Choeromorpha wallacei is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by White in 1856, originally under the genus Agelasta. It is known from Borneo and Malaysia.
Choeromorpha latefasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Newman in 1842.
Choeromorpha panayensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Heller in 1923. It is known from the Philippines.
Choeromorpha subfasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Maurice Pic in 1922. It is known from Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
Choeromorpha subviolacea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Heller in 1923. It is known from Philippines.
A psychoactive Amanita mushroom is a fungus that is psychoactive but not deadly. They contain isoxazoles like muscimol and/or ibotenic acid. Isoxazoles has been identified not only in Amanitas but also in Tricholoma muscarium for example.
