Common name
English: Fly agaric
German: Fliegenpilz
Portuguese : Agário-das-moscas
Classification
Kingdom: Fungi (35)
Phylum: Basidiomycota (26)
Class: Agaricomycetes (17)
Order: Agaricales (11)
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