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 | Amanita muscaria | Amanita phalloides | Amanita Design | Amanita nothofagi | Amanita bisporigera | Amanita australis | Amanita strobiliformis | Amanita Pestilens | ''Amanita muscaria | Amanita caesarea | A collection of ''Amanita ceciliae'' showing typical colouration, from Piacenza |