Amanita virosiformis

Narrow-spored destroying angel
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. virosiformis
Binomial name
Amanita virosiformis
(Murrill) Murrill
Synonyms

Amanita tenuifolia (Murrill) Murrill

Amanita virosiformis
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is deadly

Amanita virosiformis, commonly known as the narrow-spored destroying angel, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Originally described from Florida, it is found from coastal North Carolina through to eastern Texas in the southeastern United States.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Amanita virosiformis (Murrill) Murrill = A. tenuifolia (Murrill) Murrill". www.njcc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
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