Amanita Pers.
(grisettes and amanitas)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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ID refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 10 images 2 ident. refs
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Species 1 subtaxa 49 images
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Species 12 images
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 32 images
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Species 1 subtaxa 7 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 1 subtaxa 55 images
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Species 2 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 27 images 1 ident. refs
Species 5 ident. refs
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Species 2 images
Species 2 ident. refs
Cap (Click to open)
Species 81 images 5 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 1 images
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 5 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 49 images 2 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 10 images
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 1 subtaxa 28 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Species 37 images 1 ident. refs
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Species 1 subtaxa 27 images
Species 3 ident. refs
Fruitbody (Click to open)
Informal 5 subtaxa 66 images 4 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAmanita (grisettes and amanitas)
FamilyAMANITACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bas, C. 1969 Morphology and subdivision of Amanita and a monograph of its section Lepidella Persoonia Vol 5 (4): 285-579.
Contu, M. 2003 A revised key to Amanita, section Vaginatae (Fr.) Quél. in Europe Field Mycology Vol 4 (4): 128-136.
Fraiture, A. 1993 Les Amanitopsis d’Europe Opera Botanica Belgica 5, 127pp
Galli, R. 2001 Le Amanite 216pp, Edinatura
Kibby, G. 2012 The Genus Amanita in Great Britain 50pp
Kibby, G. 2005 Invasion of Amanita inopinata continues! Field Mycology Vol 6 (1): 31.
Kibby, G. 2003 An Introduction to Amanita, section Vaginatae Field Mycology Vol 4 (4): 126-127.
Marriott, J. (ed) 1998 *** Keys (Newsletter of the B.M.S. Key-Group) No 12 ***(Superseded) http://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/library/keys/index-phpcid951/

Amanita (grisettes and amanitas) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amanita (grisettes and amanitas)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 101 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amanita (grisettes and amanitas)
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