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Amanita bisporigera
A deadly poisonous species of fungus in the Amanitaceae family. It is commonly known as the eastern North American destroying angel or the destroying angel.
The fruit bodies are found on the ground in mixed coniferous and deciduous forests of Eastern North America south to Mexico, but are rare in western North America; it has also been found in pine plantations in Colombia. The mushroom has a smooth white cap that can reach up to 10 cm (3.9 in) across, and a stem, up to 14 cm (5.5 in) by 1.8 cm (0.71 in) thick, that has a delicate white skirt-like ring near the top. The bulbous stem base is covered with a membranous sac-like volva. The white gills are free from attachment to the stalk and crowded closely together.
Amanita bisporigera is considered the most toxic North American Amanita mushroom, with little variation in toxin content between different fruit bodies.
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Thanks again Keith. :)
Keith, I have a favor to ask, if you'd be so kind: could you help me get the ball rolling on this mission, Poisonous and Deadly Fungi, by adding this great spotting (and other related ones) to it? I'd really be thankful. :)
That ID suggestion seems unlikely; A. ocreata has been reported in the western States, and this was found in New York. But it does seem to be a destroying angel of some sort, maybe A. bisporigera.
Spotted on Aug 30, 2011
Submitted on Aug 30, 2011
