What is Amanita?
{{italictitle}} {{taxobox | name = ''Amanita'' | image = Amanita muscaria 3 vliegenzwammen op rij.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''A. muscaria'' | regnum = [[Fungi]] | phylum = [[Basidiomycota]] | classis = [[Agaricomycetes]] | order = [[Agaricales]] | familia = [[Amanitaceae]] | genus = '''''Amanita'''''}} [[File:Amanita phalloides 1.JPG|thumb|right|220px|''Amanita phalloides'', the death cap]] The [[genus]] '''''Amanita''''' contains a [[species]] of [[Basidiomycota|basidiomycete]] [[mushrooms]], including some of the most [[toxic]] known. It is found worldwide. This genus is responsible for approximately 95% of the fatalities resulting from [[mushroom]] [[poison]]ing, with the '''death cap''' accounting for about 50% on its own. The most potent toxin present in these mushrooms is [[amanitin]], of which at least eight versions are known.<ref>North, Pamela Mildred 1967. ''Poisonous plants and fungi in color''. London: Blandford Press.</ref><ref>Bresinsky A. & Besl H. 1990. ''A colour atlas of poisonous fungi''. Wolfe Publishing, pp. 26–9. {{ISBN|0-7234-1576-5}}</ref> == Species == *[[Amanita abietum]] *[[Amanita abrupta]] *Amanita albocreata *Amanita bisporigera *Amanita caesarea *Amanita jacksoni *[[Amanita muscaria]] *Amanita ocreata *Amanita pantherina *Amanita phalloides *Amanita verna *Amanita virosa == Notable species == === Fly agaric === {{main|Fly agaric}} '''''Amanita muscaria''''', commonly known as the ''fly agaric'', is a [[psychoactive]] [[fungus]]. It is known as the fly agaric for its ability to kill houseflies when combined with milk. The reason for this is that flies are attracted to the milk because it is so sweet. When they drink the milk they feel the effects of the mushroom and begin to get intoxicated. === Death cap === '''''Amanita phalloides''''', commonly known as the ''death cap'', is a deadly poisonous [[fungus]], one of many in the genus ''Amanita''. Widely distributed across [[Europe]], ''A. phalloides'' forms ecto[[mycorrhiza]]s with various broadleaved trees. I