Vittadinae (Bas) Neville & Poumarat (2004) The genus Saproamanita contains about 24 species of agarics and is one of six genera in the family Amanitaceae, of which the similar Amanita is also a member.

Below the annulus are scales and rings, remnants of the universal veil composed largely of cylindrical to slender, clavate, inflated hyphal cells mostly scattered in the central stipe region (rather than the base).

The name refers to the saprotrophic life style and the generic relationship to its sister genus, Amanita.

The most recent adoption of the name Aspidella[3] was based on a molecularly and ecologically defined genus similar to the current circumscription.

[3] In that most detailed study of decomposition pathway enzymes that lends support for taxonomic separation,[7] the subgeneric name Amanita subgen.

[13] A recent phylogenetic tree for the genus included information from Thailand by Nakarin Suwannarach and Surapong Khuna.