There are astir 600 species of agarics in the genus Amanita (family Amanitaceae), which contains some of the virtually all toxic known mushrooms. This genus is responsible 95% of the fatalities consequent from either mushroom poisoning, with a death cap accounting for 50% on its have. A virtually all potent toxaround present in these mushrooms is alpha-amanitin.

A list following is not by a long sight complete, however is occasionally of the extra easily-known members of the genus. A genus as well contains numbers of eatable mushrooms. Within a bit of cultures, a big local eatable metal money of Amanita come mainstays of the markets in the local growing year. Samples of this come Amanita zambiana & more heavy metal money around central Africa, A. basii & similar metal money around Mexico, A. caesarea inside Europe, and The. chepangiana around South-East Asia. More metal money come utilized for coloring sauces, like a red The. jacksonii by using the range from either eastern Canada to eastern Mexico.

Amanita citrina - false death cap Amanita fulva - grisette (edible) Amanita muscaria - fly agaric Amanita pantherina - panther mushroom Amanita phalloides - dying cap (or even death ventral suction cup) Amanita porphyria Amanita virosa - destroying angel (name likewise applied to Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, & Amanita verna)