Amanita persicina

Amanita persicina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. persicina
Binomial name
Amanita persicina
(Dav.T. Jenkins) Tulloss & Geml (2015)
Amanita persicina
Mycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is flat or convex
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is not recommended

Amanita persicina, commonly known as the peach-colored fly agaric, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita with a peach-colored center. Until c.2015, the fungus was believed to be a variety of A. muscaria.

A. persicina is distributed in eastern North America. It is both poisonous and psychoactive.

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