Biology:Amanita excelsa
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Short description: Species of fungus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. excelsa
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| Binomial name | |
| Amanita excelsa (Fr.) Bertill. (1866)
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 | cap is convex |
 | hymenium is adnexed |
 | edibility: inedible |
Amanita excelsa, also known as the European false blushing amanita,[1] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae. It is found in Asia, Europe, and North America, where it grows in deciduous forests.[2]
Toxicity
Amanita excelsa var. alba is inedible.[3]
A. excelsa var. spissa is edible, but can easily be confused with the highly poisonous A. pantherina.[4]
References
- ↑ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". 2020. https://www.wildspecies.ca.
- ↑ The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. 1993. p. 268. ISBN 978-962-201-556-2.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2. https://archive.org/details/mushroomsotherfu0000phil.
- ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. pp. 40. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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| Subgenus Amanitina |
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| Subgenus Lepidella (=Saproamanita) |
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Wikidata ☰ Q19767793 entry
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