Amanita subjunquillea

East Asian Death cap
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	Hymenomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Amanitaceae
Genus:	Amanita
Species:	A. subjunquillea
Binomial name
*Amanita subjunquillea* S. Imai

Amanita subjunquillea
Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is convex
	hymenium is free
	stipe has a ring and volva
	spore print is white
	ecology is mycorrhizal
	edibility: deadly

Amanita subjunquillea, also known as the East Asian death cap is a mushroom of the large genus Amanita, which occurs in East and Southeast Asia. Deadly poisonous, it is a member of section phalloideae and related to the death cap A. phalloides.

Initially little reported, the toxicity of A. subjunquillea has been well established; a study in Korea revealed it to have similar effects to A. phalloides, namely delayed gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatotoxicity and a 12.5% mortality.^[1]

An all-white variety, Amanita subjunquillea var. alba is known from southwestern China, Japan and Northern India.

References

↑ (Korean) Rho HJ, Kim JH, Kang HR, Lee MK, Hyun SH, Kang YM, Lee JM, Kim NS (2000)"Clinical manifestations of Amanita subjunquillea poisoning" Korean J Med. 58(4):453–461

Amanita species

Subgenus Amanita

Section Amanita	A. altipes A. armeniaca A. farinosa A. frostiana A. gemmata A. muscaria A. nehuta A. pantherina A. parvipantherina A. regalis A. rubrovolvata A. virgineoides A. xanthocephala

Section Vaginatae	A. ceciliae A. crocea A. fulva A. liquii A. nivalis A. orientifulva A. pachycolea A. pekeoides A. umbrinolutea A. vaginata A. velosa

Section Caesareae	A. basii A. caesarea A. chepangiana A. hemibapha A. jacksonii A. lanei A. spreta A. zambiana

Subgenus Lepidella

Section Lepidella	A. abrupta A. atkinsoniana A. austroviridis A. ananaeceps A. cokeri A. daucipes A. magniverrucata A. nauseosa A. ochrophylla A. ochrophylloides A. onusta A. ravenelii A. smithiana A. solitaria A. thiersii A. vittadinii

Section Amidella	A. ovoidea A. volvata

Section Phalloideae	A. arocheae A. bisporigera A. exitialis A. magnivelaris A. marmorata subsp. myrtacearum A. manginiana A. ocreata A. pseudoporphyria A. phalloides A. subjunquillea A. verna A. virosa A. virosiformis

Section Validae	A. aestivalis A. australis A. brunnescens A. citrina A. excelsa A. excelsa v. spissa A. flavella A. flavoconia A. flavorubens A. franchetii A. nothofagi A. novinupta A. porphyria A. rubescens

Poisoning from Amanitas

sect.
Amanita

Species	A. albocreata A. crenulata A. farinosa A. frostiana A. gemmata A. multisquamosa A. muscaria A. pantherina A. porphyria A. regalis A. strobiliformis A. xanthocephala

Compounds	Toxins: Ibotenic Acid Muscimol Other compounds: Muscarine Muscazone Amavadine

sect.
Phalloidea

Species

Destroying angels	A. bisporigera A. exitialis A. magnivelaris A. ocreata A. verna A. virosa A. virosiformis

Other members	A. arocheae A. phalloides A. subjunquilea

Compounds

Amatoxins	Amanitins alpha- beta- gamma- epsilon- Amanullin Amanullinic acid Amaninamide Amanin Proamanullin

Phallotoxins	Phallacidin Phallacin Phallisacin Phallisin Phalloidin Phalloin Prophalloin

Virotoxins	Alaviroidin Viroisin Deoxoviroisin Viroidin Deoxoviroidin

Other compounds	Antamanide Phallolysin Toxophallin

sect.
Lepidella

Species	A. nauseosa A. proxima A. smithiana A. sphaerobulbosa A. thiersii

Compounds	Allenic norleucine (2-amino-4,5-hexadienoic acid) Propargylglycine

sect.
Validae

Species	A. rubescens (A. amerirubescens nom. prov.)

Compounds	Rubescenslysin

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Amanita subjunquillea

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