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Amanita subhemibapha

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A wild Amanita of China, first reported there and listed as edible in a Yunnan ethnomycology study. The genus contains deadly species, so this page does not support identifying or eating it.

Two whole orange-yellow mushrooms with yellow stems and pale sheathing bases stand beside a lengthwise half showing cream flesh and yellow gills on an ivory background.

What the species is

Amanita subhemibapha is a wild agaric in the family Amanitaceae. The Mushroom Research Foundation reports it as originally described from China. It is distinguished from A. hemibapha by a lighter, yellowish cap and broader spores.

The 2023 Thai survey places the species in Amanita section Caesareae, the group that includes Caesar's mushroom. The species is easily confused with A. hemibapha, A. javanica and A. kitamagotake.

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Food use

A Yunnan ethnomycology study of wild mushrooms in Pu'er Prefecture lists A. subhemibapha as edible, with a voucher specimen (HKAS-122503). The same study marks A. caojizong and A. subhemibapha as edible in its table. The sources reviewed do not describe local culinary use, preparation, market prevalence or toxicity data for this species.

A 2023 survey in northern Thailand identified specimens as this species and reported on their nutritional value. It did not establish an edibility profile for China.

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Safety and identification

The genus Amanita includes some of the most lethal mushrooms known. A listing as edible in a survey does not make a specimen safe to eat, and the sources reviewed say that identification must be confirmed by an expert.

Amanita subhemibapha is easily confused with deadly lookalikes in the same region. Do not collect or eat any Amanita on the basis of this page, a photograph, a common name or a catalogue entry.

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Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan

Documented use · Region evidence

Voucher specimen from Pu'er Prefecture recorded as edible in the Yunnan survey; no village or market is named.

China

Historical attestation · Country evidence

Country of original report, per the Mushroom Research Foundation.

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