Amanita phalloides

Amanita phalloidesDeath Cap

Order Agaricales, family Amanitaceae

CAP GREENISH, SMOOTH


4-16 cm broad, yellowish-green to greenish-brown, darker at center.smooth, at first oval, then convex to plane, margin not radially lined, usually no patches on the surface (remnants of universal veil), but there can be some.

GILLS FREE, WHITE


Amanita phalloidesSTALK WHITE WITH SKIRTLIKE RING, VOLVA (SACLIKE CUP) ON ENLARGED BAS
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5-18 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, white ring around stem when mature which may disappear with age; club-shaped base, with a volva (cup) at the base. The volva is white, membranous, sacklike, separable from the stem and is OFTEN BURIED UNDERGROUND.

SPORE PRINT WHITE

Spores 8-13 x 7-9 µ, broadly elliptical to nearly round, smooth, thinwalled, amyloid

 ON GROUND WITH HARDWOODS AND CONIFERS, OFTEN IN URBAN AREAS

Common along the east and west coasts, spreading widely

DEADLY POISONOUS!!!

Lookalikes:

Amanita bisporigera group - pure white, taller, more slender
In the east - A. citrina and A. brunnescens

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