Amanita volvata

Amanita volvata
Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is convex or flat
	hymenium is free
	stipe has a volva
	spore print is white
	ecology is mycorrhizal
	edibility: poisonous

Amanita volvata, also known as Volvate Amanita^[1] is a white coloured species of fungi from Amanitaceae family that can be found in southeastern United States. The species is amyloid and have saccate volva,^[2] and elliptic spores.^[3]

References

↑ "Volvate Amanita". July 6, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
↑ Orson K. Miller, Hope Miller (2006). "North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi". A Falcon Guide: 29. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
↑ "Amanita volvata". Retrieved December 25, 2012.

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Amanita species

Subgenus Amanita

Section Amanita	A. albocreata A. altipes A. aprica A. armeniaca A. augusta A. breckonii A. eliae A. farinosa A. frostiana A. gemmata A. ibotengutake A. multisquamosa A. muscaria A. nehuta A. parcivolvata A. pantherina A. parvipantherina A. regalis A. roseotincta A. rubrovolvata A. virgineoides A. viscidolutea A. wellsii A. xanthocephala

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

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

Subgenus Amanitina

Section Roanokenses	A. abrupta A. atkinsoniana A. austroviridis A. ananaeceps A. cokeri A. daucipes A. echinocephala A. magniverrucata A. ochrophylla A. ochrophylloides A. onusta A. ravenelii A. smithiana A. solitaria

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. luteofusca A. nothofagi A. novinupta A. porphyria A. rubescens

Subgenus Lepidella (=Saproamanita)

Section Lepidella (=Saproamanita)	A. nauseosa A. thiersii A. vittadinii

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.
Phalloideae

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.
Roanokenses

Species	A. proxima A. smithiana A. sphaerobulbosa

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

sect.
Validae

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

Compounds	Rubescenslysin

sect.
Lepidella

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