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Royal fly agaric

Amanita regalis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 362, February 267, March 419, April 659, May 950, June 1,036, July 1,108, August 953, September 700, October 522, November 285, December 223.
United States7,489
Alaska7,483
Russia403
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra197
Finland147
Sweden121
Germany89
Czechia78
Norway77
Uusimaa43

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.FungiTastic metadata
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Royal fly agaric with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.