Amanita franchetii
It was given its current name by Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod in 1889 in honor of French botanist Adrien René Franchet.[7] A similar fungus in western North America was also referred to as A. franchetii, but was long suspected of being a separate, undescribed species,[8] and in 2013 was formally described under the name A.[9] A. franchetii occurs in Europe and North Africa with oaks (Quercus ssp.lactella is found in the western Mediterranean region, associated with several species of oak (Quercus suber and Q. robur) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus),[5] and is also reported from Serbia.[7] Although the species was implicated in the 2005 deaths of ten people in China who displayed symptoms similar to those caused by alpha-Amanitin poisoning,[13] this case report has been called into question for possible misidentification of the mushrooms involved.