Amanita rubescens Pers.
(Blusher)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Amanita rubescens var rubescens Blusher					Variety		27 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Amanita rubescens (Blusher)
Genus	Amanita (grisettes and amanitas)
Family	AMANITACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Amanita rubescens is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Amanita)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Amanita rubescens (Blusher) :
1: Amanita rubescens (Blusher)
27 Jul 1968	OSGR: TQ22	51° 0’ N, 0° 10’ W	Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
F. Alba
	Gonou-Zagou, Z. & Delivorias, P.	2011	Two rare white forms of common Amanita species	Field Mycology Vol 12 (1): 9-13.

Amanita rubescens (Blusher) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Amanita
(grisettes and amanitas)

AMANITACEAE
(a family of fungi)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Amanita rubescens (Blusher)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Amanita rubescens (Blusher)

A common toadstool associated with broad-leaved and coniferous trees. It is edible but only when well cooked.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Amanita rubescens is also a member of:

Identification Works

F. Alba

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