Amanita rimosa is a species of agaric fungus in the family Amanitaceae native to Hunan, first described by P. Zhang & Zhu L. Yang in 2010. Like other Phalloideae amanitas, it is lethally toxic.[1] A distinctive feature of A. rimosa is its rimose pileus, caused by slightly gelatinized upper layer of the pileipellis, which is a rare structure among other Amanita species.[1]

Amanita rimosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. rimosa
Binomial name
Amanita rimosa
P. Zhang & Zhu L. Yang, 2010

Ingestion can result in fatal liver damage due to amatoxins.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Zhang, P.; Chen, Zuo H.; Xiao, B.; Tolgor, B.; Bao, Hai Y.; Yang, Zhu L. (May 2010). "Lethal amanitas of East Asia characterized by morphological and molecular data". Fungal Diversity. 42 (1): 119–133. doi:10.1007/s13225-010-0018-4. ISSN 1560-2745. S2CID 19592994.