Amanita kotohiraensis is a species of highly toxic fungus in the family Amanitaceae native to parts of China and Japan.

Amanita kotohiraensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. kotohiraensis
Binomial name
Amanita kotohiraensis
Nagas. & Mitani
Amanita kotohiraensis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is poisonous

A review of cases in southern China finding it had been responsible for 91 poisoning cases, 1 of which was fatal, between 1994 and 2012.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.