Death Cap
Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link
A species in the family Amanitaceae, order Agaricales. Recorded under 26 common names across 15 languages.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Amanitaceae
- Genus
- Amanita
What it is called
- English
- Death Cap, Deathcap, The Death Cap
- Swedish
- lömsk flugsvamp
- Norwegian
- grøn flugesopp, grønn fluesopp
- Finnish
- kavalakärpässieni
- German
- Grüner Knollenblätterpilz
- French
- Agaric bulbeux, Amanite phalloïde, Calice de la mort
- Catalan
- farinera borda
- Czech
- muchomůrka zelená
- Dutch
- Groene knolamaniet
- Japanese
- タマゴテングタケ
- Polish
- muchomor sromotnikowy, muchomor zielonawy
- Scottish Gaelic
- cupa bàis, cupannan bàis
- Slovenian
- zelena mušnica
- Spanish
- Cicuta verde, oronja verde
- Welsh
- Cap Marwol
Also known as
Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.
- Agaricus insidiosus Letell., 1835
- Agaricus phalloides Vaill. ex Fr.
- Amanita andaryi Mornand, 1993
- Amanita insidiosa (Letell.) Lucand, 1893
- Amanita ochroleuca (Forquignon) Bigeard & Guillemin
- Amanita verna var. ochroleuca (Forquignon) Quél.
- Amanita viridis Pers.
- Amanitaria phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Gilbert
- Amanitina phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) E.-J.Gilbert
- Amanitopsis insidiosa (Letell.) Sacc., 1891
- Fungus phalloides Vaill.
- Venenarius phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Murrill
Others in Amanita
Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).
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