Amanita muscaria var. formosa

Amanita muscaria var. formosa, known as the yellow orange fly agaric, is a poisonous[1] basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita. This variety, which can sometimes be distinguished from most other 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.[2] American mycologist Harry D. Thiers described a yellow-capped taxon that he called var. formosa from the United States,[3] but it is not the same as the European variety.

Amanita muscaria var. formosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. muscaria
Variety:
A. m. var. formosa
Trinomial name
Amanita muscaria var. formosa
Pers. (1800)

Controversy

Recent DNA evidence has shown Amanita muscaria var. formosa to be a distinct species from Amanita muscaria and it will be getting its own species status soon. Amanita muscaria var. formosa has been described as Amanita muscaria var. guessowii.[4]

gollark: Nope!
gollark: So's Latin.
gollark: In GCSE Economics I don't think you use any maths more complicated than multiplication.
gollark: *cough*Economics*cough*
gollark: Luckily quite a few of those are pretty easy because standards are rather low and it's mostly random memorization.

See also

References
  1. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. Michael Kuo. "Amanita muscaria var. guessowii". MushroomExpert.com. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  3. Theirs HD. (1982). Agaricales of California, Vol. 1: Amanitaceae. Berkeley, California: Mad River Press. ISBN 978-0916422240.
  4. Tulloss RE; Yang Z-L (2012). "Amanita muscaria var. guessowii Veselý". Studies in the Genus Amanita Pers. (Agaricales, Fungi). Retrieved 2013-02-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.