Amanita xanthocephala
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The Vermilion grisette, also known as Pretty grisette or Vermilion Amanita (Amanita xanthocephala) is a colourful mushroom of the genus Amanita notable for containing some of the world's most poisonous fungi. It derives its specific name 'yellow headed' from the Greek ξανθοѕ "yellow" and κεφαλη "head".
It is found in native forests in southern Australia.
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[edit] Description
It is a ringless mushroom with a yellowish- to reddish-orange cap up to 3-5cm, with deeper colour toward the centre, and paler similar-coloured warts. The gills and slim ringless stalk are pale yellow or white.
[edit] Distribution and habitat
The Vermilion grisette occurs in eucalypt forests in the southwest of Western Australia as well as southeastern Australia from near Adelaide around to Southeast Queensland.
[edit] Classification
At one stage this fungus was known as Amanitopsis pulchella, a small genus that all Grisettes (ringless amanitas) were place into. However this genus has been later sunk back into Amanita.
[edit] Toxicity
There is one report of a person being quite ill after tasting a small piece of it in 1997<ref>Ducker, S. (1997). "Toadstool causes broken bone". Australian Mycological Newsletter 16 (2): 39.</ref>.
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