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Amanita virosa
This mushroom has a white cap about 1 1/2 inches wide. The stalk is scaly and it has a veil on the underside which is peeling off and reveals the gills which are yellowish. Amanita virosa, commonly known as the European destroying angel, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus. They appear in summer and autumn; the caps, stipes and gills are all white in color. Amanita virosa is one of the most poisonous of all known poisonous mushrooms; its principal toxic constituent α-amanitin damages the liver and kidneys, often fatally.
There was only one of these mushrooms in this particular wooded area at Kinder Farm Park in Millersville, Maryland.
Spotted on Jul 13, 2014
Submitted on Jul 13, 2014
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Thank you CorduneanuVlad for helping to identify this mushroom correctly. Wow! Did not know this little mushroom was deadly. Thanks so much.
This is no Suillus mushroom, this is a DEADLY Amanita Virosa. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_vir...