Amanita (Fly agaric)

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This type of mushroom is well known in Europe and North America. In Brazil, was first found in the work of jesuit father Johannes Rick in Rio Grande do Sul. The hallucinogenic species Amanita muscaria was first reported by the mycologist Maria Homrich at Rio Grande do Sul’s plateau and published in the journal Sellowia in 1965. At that time, the introduction of this fungus in Brazil was attributed to the importation of Pinus’ seeds from regions where it is native. The spores of the fungus should have been brought mixed with imported seeds. Later, the fungus was also found in Rio Grande do Sul, and more recently (1984) in Sao Paulo in the region of Itararé in mycorrhizal association with Pinus pseudostrobus. Amanita species native to the Amazon are cited by Dutch C. Bas in 1978, which describes seven species new to science (A. campinaranae Bas, A. coacta, A. craseoderma Bas, A. crebresulcata Bas, A. lanivolva Bas, and A. sulcatissima Bas) and a provisional name (A. phaea Bas). There are also quotes from Amanita in Parana, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rondônia, and Pernambuco. In the latter State, at least three spécies are referred, A. Singer lilloi occurring in lawns and gardens (probably exotic), A. crebresulcata in the Atlantic Forest, and A. lippiae Wartchow & Tulloss recently described for areas in rocky fields in the semiarid Brazilian. (Translated from Wikipedia in portuguese)