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14 unusual facts about Amanita


Alpha-Amanitin

It is possibly the most deadly of all the amatoxins, toxins found in several species of the Amanita genus of mushrooms, one being the death cap (Amanita phalloides) as well as the destroying angel, a complex of similar species, principally A. virosa and A. bisporigera.

Amanin

It is one of the amatoxins, all of which are found in several members of the Amanita genus of mushrooms.

Amanita

The name is possibly derived from Amanon, a mountain in Cilicia.

Amanita Pestilens

His neighbour across the street identifies the species as Amanita pestilens (not a real species, although Amanita is a real genus).

Amanullin

It is an amatoxin, all of which are found in several members of the Amanita genus of mushrooms.

Aspidella

:Aspidella is also a synonym for the mushroom genus Amanita.

Beta-Amanitin

Due to its lethality and its widespread presence in the Amanita family, which is found across the globe, β-amanitin has been extensively studied in the field of Protein Biochemistry.

Christian Rätsch

The encyclopedia features 168 detailed monographs on the major psychoactive plants (e.g., Cannabis, Datura, and Papaver) as well as 20 full monographs on psychoactive fungi (e.g., Psilocybe and Amanita).

Fagus sylvatica

European beech forms ectomycorrhizas with a range of fungi including members of the genera Amanita, Boletus, Cantharellus, Hebeloma and Lactarius; these fungi are important in enhancing uptake of water and nutrients from the soil.

Frédéric Bataille

With Quélet, he was co-author of a monograph involving the genera Amanita and Lepiota, titled Flore monographique des Amanites et des Lépiotes.

Gamma-Amanitin

It is an amatoxin, a group of toxins isolated from and found in several members of the Amanita genus of mushrooms, one being the Death cap (Amanita phalloides) as well as the Destroying angel, a complex of similar species, principally A. virosa and A. bisporigera.

Muscimol

Muscimol (agarin, pantherine) is the major psychoactive alkaloid present in many mushrooms of the Amanita genus.

Towdie

The health bar can be replenished by finding and eating Amanita mushrooms scattered throughout the castle.

Very Blue Beard

Extremely exhausted Bluebeard endured it due to his love for her, but finally poisoned her with an Amanita (toxic mushroom).


Amanita australis

Amanita australis mushrooms that have lost their warts and have had the colours faded may resemble another New Zealand species, A. nothofagi.

Amanita australis was first described by Greta Stevenson in 1962, based on specimens she collected in April 1954 around Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park, in New Zealand.

Amanita echinocephala

It was first described as Agaricus echinocephalus in 1835 by the Italian mycologist Carlo Vittadini, before being placed in Amanita by Lucien Quélet and hence receiving its current binomial name.

Amanita flavoconia

Amanita flavoconia was first described by American naturalist George Francis Atkinson in 1902, based on a specimen he found in woods north of Fall Creek, Cayuga Lake Basin, New York.

Amanita nothofagi

Amanita nothofagi mushrooms can be confused with A. australis if the warts have been washed off and the colour has been bleached.

Amanita smithiana

Amanita smithiana, also known as Smith's amanita, is a species of agaric found on soil in coniferous (Abies, Tsuga, Pseudotsuga) and broadleaved (Alnus, Quercus) woodland in the Pacific Northwest of North America.

C4H6N2O2

Muscimol, the major psychoactive alkaloid present in many mushrooms of the Amanita genus

Clark Heinrich

The book The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist deals with possible occurrences of entheogens in general, and Amanita muscaria in particular, in Greek and biblical mythology and later on in Renaissance painting, most notably in the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald.

His book Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy, which is an improved second edition of his earlier Strange Fruit, explores the role that Amanita muscaria may have played in various mythologies, belief systems and religious art throughout history, such as Native American Anishinaabeg mythology, the Rig Veda, the Puranas, the biblical Old Testament and New Testament, Gnosticism, the Holy Grail legend, Alchemy and Renaissance painting.

Phallotoxin

Furthermore, it is also found in the edible (and sought after) Blusher (Amanita rubescens).