Amanita arocheae

Taxobox
color = lightblue
name = Latin American Death cap
status =

secure


image_width = 250px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
subclassis = Hymenomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Amanitaceae
genus = "Amanita"
species = "A. arocheae"
binomial = "Amanita arocheae"
binomial_authority = Tulloss, Ovrebo & Halling (1992)mycomorphbox
name = Amanita arocheae
whichGills = free
capShape = convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=ring and volva
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=white
howEdible=deadly

"Amanita arocheae", also known as the Latin American death cap is a mushroom of the large genus "Amanita", which occurs in Central and South America. Deadly poisonous, it is a member of section phalloideae and related to the death cap "A. phalloides". It is named after mycologist R. M. Aroche.

It is known as "hongo gris" in Mexico, where it is found under oak. It differs from the death cap in the colour of its cap, which is brownish to grayish.

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