Amanita subjunquillea

Taxobox
color = lightblue
name = East Asian Death cap
status =

secure


image_width = 250px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
subclassis = Hymenomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Amanitaceae
genus = "Amanita"
species = "A. subjunquillea"
binomial = "Amanita subjunquillea"
binomial_authority = S. Imaimycomorphbox
name = Amanita subjunquillea
whichGills = free
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=ring and volva
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=white
howEdible=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. [ko icon 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 ]

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

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