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Common name

English: Fly agaric

German: Fliegenpilz

Portuguese : Agário-das-moscas

Classification

Kingdom: Fungi (31)

  Phylum: Basidiomycota (22)

    Class: Agaricomycetes (12)

      Order: Agaricales (10)

        Family: Amanitaceae (3)

          Genus: Amanita (3)

            Epithet: muscaria (L.) Lam. (1)

Synonyms: Agaricus aureolus Kalchbr., Agaricus imperialis Batsch, Agaricus muscarius L., Agaricus nobilis Bolton, Agaricus pseudoaurantiacus Bull., Agaricus puellus Batsch, Amanita aureola (Kalchbr.) Sacc., Amanita circinnata Gray, Amanita formosa Gonn. & Rabenh., Amanita inzengae (Neville & Poumarat) Di Rita, Amanita muscaria (L.) Hook., Amanita puella (Batsch) Gonnerm. & Rabenh., Amanitaria muscaria (L.) E.-J.Gilbert, Venenarius muscarius (L.) Earle

formosa => beautiful

muscaria => related to flies

nobilis => noble, stately

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

External links

Check for Amanita muscaria at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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