Amanita virosa is a species of fungus in the class Agaricomycetes. In the UK, it has the recommended English name of destroying angel and is known internationally as the European destroying angel. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agaricoid (mushroom-shaped) and pure white with a ring on the stipe and a sack-like volva at the base.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. Destroying angel; amatoxins Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Amanita amerivirosa — considered toxic
- Amanita bisporigera — toxic
- Amanita suballiacea — considered toxic
- Amanita magnivelaris — considered toxic
- Amanita aestivalis — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Amanitaceae
- Genus
- Amanita
- Species
- Amanita virosa
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