Amanita subjunquillea, also known as the East Asian death cap, is a mushroom of the large genus Amanita, which occurs in East and Southeast Asia. Potentially deadly if ingested, it is closely related to the death cap A. phalloides.
Initially little reported, the toxicity of A. subjunquillea has been well established; a study in Korea revealed it to have similar effects to A. phalloides, namely delayed gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatotoxicity, and a 12.5% mortality. Rho HJ, Kim JH, Kang HR, Lee MK, Hyun SH, Kang YM, Lee JM, Kim NS (2000)"Clinical manifestations of Amanita subjunquillea poisoning" Korean J Med. 58(4):453–461 The species killed five people out of six who ingested them in Hebei, China, in 1994.云南野生蘑菇中毒防治手册 2011.05
An all-white variety, Amanita subjunquillea var. alba is known from southwestern China, Japan, and Northern India.
See also
List of Amanita species List of deadly fungus species
References
External links Amanitaceae.org Amanitaceae.org > Amanita subjunquillea Amanitaceae.org > Amanita subjunquillea var. alba 自然毒のリスクプロファイル：タマゴタケモドキ（Amanita subjunquillea) テングタケ科テングタケ属 (in Japanese) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare きのこ図鑑・撮れたてドットコム by 柳沢まきよし > タマゴタケモドキ (in Japanese) Morphological images