Fly Agaric
Amanita muscaria (L.) Lam.
A species in the family Amanitaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 38 common names across 28 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Amanitaceae
- Genus
- Amanita
What it is called
- English
- Fly Agaric
- Swedish
- röd flugsvamp
- Norwegian
- raud flugesopp, rød fluesopp
- Finnish
- punakärpässieni
- German
- Fliegenpilz
- French
- Amanite tue-mouches, Fausse oronge
- Belarusian
- Чырвоны мухамор
- Bulgarian
- Червена мухоморка
- Catalan
- Reig bord, Reig de fageda
- Chinese
- 毒蝇鹅膏, 毒蠅傘（繁體、正體）；毒蝇伞（简体）
- Czech
- muchomůrka červená
- Dutch
- Vliegenzwam
- Estonian
- Punane kärbseseen
- Hungarian
- Légyölő galóca
- Italian
- Ovolaccio, ovolo malefico
- Japanese
- ベニテングタケ
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji musmirė
- Northern Sami
- gumpeguoppar, mirkoguoppar, ruksescurotguoppar
- Polish
- muchomor czerwony
- Portuguese
- Agário-das-moscas, mata-moscas
- Russian
- Красный мухомор
- Slovak
- Muchotrávka červená
- Slovenian
- rdeča mušnica
- Spanish
- matamoscas
- Turkish
- Sinek mantarı
- Ukrainian
- Мухомор червоний
- Walloon
- Amanite touwe-moxhe
- Welsh
- Amanita'r Gwybed
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus aureolus Kalchbr.
- Agaricus muscarius L.
- Agaricus muscarius var. formosus (Gonn. & Rabenh.) Peck
- Agaricus muscarius var. puella (Batsch) Sw.
- Agaricus muscarius var. sanguineus J.Kickx f.
- Agaricus pseudoaurantiacus Bull.
- Agaricus puellus Batsch
- Amanita aureola (Kalchbr.) Sacc.
- Amanita circinnata Gray
- Amanita formosa Gonn. & Rabenh.
- Amanita puella (Batsch) Gonnerm. & Rabenh.
- Amanitaria muscaria (L.) E.-J.Gilbert
- Hypophyllum muscarium (L.) Paulet
- Venenarius muscarius (L.) Millsp.
Others in Amanita
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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