Amanitaceae R. Heim ex Pouzar 1983.
The Amanitaceae E. J. Gilbert is a family of mushroom-forming fungi. The members of the family Amanitaceae are important both ecologically and economically due to their edibility and formation of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis with plants (Bas 1969, Yang 1997, 2015). Most species of Amanitaceae are ectomycorrhizal fungi, and plants of more than 10 families such as Caesalpiniaceae, Casuarinaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Fagaceae, Myrtaceae, Nothofagaceae, and Pinaceae are known to form symbiotic associations with Amanitaceae (Beeli et al. 1935, Reid 1980, Pegler & Shah-Smith 1997, Wood 1997, Yang 1997, 2005, Davison et al. 2017). However, some species are probably saprotrophic, e.g. Amanita pruittii, A. vittadinii, Catatrama costaricensis, Limacella glioderma, Limacellopsis asiatica, Zhuliangomyces ochraceoluteus (Bas 1969, Franco-Malano 1991, Wolfe et al. 2012, Tulloss et al. 2014, Redhead et al. 2016, Yang et al. 2018). Presently, this family comprises of five genera including Amanita Pers., Catatrama Franco-Mol, Limacella Earle, Limacellopsis Zhu L. Yang et al., and Zhuliangomyces Fr. (Myxoderma Kühner) (Cui et al. 2018, Yang et al. 2018, Redhead 2019). To date, only two genera namely, Amanita and Limacella are reported from Thailand and around 1,000 species have been described worldwide. The genus Amanita is the largest genus; about 95% of the species in the family and includes more than 600 validly published species all over the world (Kirk et al. 2008, Cui et al. 2018, Tulloss & Yang 2020). Some edible species are economically important and are consumed in many parts of the world. For example, Amanita caesarea, A. caesareoides, A. hayalyuy, A. hemibapha, A. jacksonii, and A. tanzanica (Galli 2001, Pegler 2002, Neville & Poumarat 2004, Roma´n & Boa 2004, Shepard et al. 2008, Yang 2015). In contrast, some species are poisonous or even lethal, causing many problems or deaths annually e.g. A. bisporigera, A. exitialis, A. phalloides, and A. virosa (Tulloss et al. 1995, Yang & Li 2001, Neville & Poumarat 2004, Zhang et al. 2010, Deng et al. 2011, Roberts et al. 2013, Cai et al. 2014, 2016, Chen et al. 2014, Li et al. 2015, Zhang et al. 2015).