Amanita pseudoporphyria
Amanita pseudoporphyria, also known as Hongo's false death cap, is a species of agaric fungus from the family Amanitaceae.
Similar species
The species differs only slightly from Amanita caojizong by having more abundant inflated cells of its volva, and its ellipsoid to broad ellipsoid spores.Taxonomy
The species was originally described in Japan.This mushroom was classified in Amanita section Phalloideae in the past; now it is classified in section Roanokenses.
Distribution and habitat
The species is quite common in southern China, and is now also known in North India, Thailand, and Nepal. It grows solitarily or gregariously in coniferous forests.Toxicity
This mushroom is poisonous.In 2000, a 66-year-old man with diabetes experienced delayed onset acute kidney injury associated with the ingestion of this mushroom. Effects occurred similar to that of the intoxication symptoms associated with the North American species Amanita smithiana and the Mediterranean A. proxima. Kidney biopsy of the patient showed acute tubular necrosis with glomerular minor abnormalities. Treatment included a three-week period of haemodialysis, after which the patient fully recovered from the acute kidney failure in two months.
Wang et al. and Yang reported that it is sold in free markets in Yunnan, China, mixed with A. caojizong.