Amanita virosiformis
Narrow-spored destroying angel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Amanitaceae |
Genus: | Amanita |
Species: | A. virosiformis
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Binomial name | |
Amanita virosiformis (Murrill) Murrill
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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: 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[]
- List of Amanita species
- List of deadly fungi
References[]
Categories:
- Amanita
- Deadly fungi
- Poisonous fungi
- Fungi of North Carolina
- Fungi described in 1941
- Flora of the Southeastern United States