First report of Amanita virosa in Mexico

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  • Evangelina Pérez-Silva Laboratorio de Micología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México, D.F., México

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https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.1976.2.455

Abstract

Amanita virosa (Fr.) Bertillon is reported for the first time from the :Mexican
mycoflora; it is only known in Europe and probably in U.S. too. It is close to
the poisonous species A. bisporigem Atk. and A. verna (Bull ex Fr.) Roques,
that are white too, but different in microscopic features or in the KOH reaction.
A . vil·osa is known in Mexico from the States of Mexico, Hidalgo, Morelos,
Oaxaca and Veracruz, in deciduous forests, oak forests or in pine-oak
forests.

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Pérez-Silva, E. (2016). First report of Amanita virosa in Mexico. Scientia Fungorum, 2(10), 23–26. https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.1976.2.455

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