A person who studies or specializes in the characteristics, toxins, or culinary uses of the Amanita genus of fungi.
Derived from Amanita (the fungal genus) plus the suffix -ist meaning 'one who practices or specializes in.' This is a modern scientific term created to name a specific type of mycologist.
Amanists are basically the daredevil scientists of mycology—they study some of the deadliest mushrooms on Earth, including the death cap, which contains toxins so powerful they're actually useful in cancer research.
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