Amanita kotohiraensis
Appearance
Amanita kotohiraensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Amanitaceae |
Genus: | Amanita |
Species: | A. kotohiraensis
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Binomial name | |
Amanita kotohiraensis Nagas. & Mitani
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Amanita kotohiraensis is a species of highly poisonous mushroom in the family Amanitaceae native to eastern Asia.
A review of cases in southern China finding it had been responsible for the poisoning of 91 people, 1 of whom died, between 1994 and 2012.[1]
References
- ^ Zuohong Chen & Ping Zhang & Zhiguang Zhang (2014). "Investigation and analysis of 102 mushroom poisoning cases in Southern China from 1994 to 2012". Fungal Diversity. 64: 123–31. doi:10.1007/s13225-013-0260-7. S2CID 5341127.