Amanita virosiformis
| Narrow-spored destroying angel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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