The genus Saproamanita contains about 23 species of agarics and is one of four genera in the family Amanitaceae. The others are Amanita (which now includes the synonym Torrendia), Limacella, and Catatrama. Saproamanita are the saprophytic species in the Tribe Amaniteae separately classified from the ectomycorrhizal species in the genus Amanita.