Destroying angel

Scientific Name: Amanita virosa Secr. Common Name: Destroying Angel Certainty: pretty sure (notes) Location: Southern Appalachians; Smokies; CabinCove Date: 20060714

DESTROYING ANGEL

Features of the Destroying Angel

Destroying Angel Mushroom (Amanita bisporigera)

DESTROYING ANGEL MUSHROOM ~ 'Ruth excitedly displays a Destroying Angel specimen, one of the deadliest mushrooms on Earth. She points out the 'skirt' on the upper stem and the bulbous sheath at the bottom of the stem -both indicating that this mushroom is of the deadly genus Amanita.'

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Amanita bisporigera aka The Destroying Angel

Destroying Angel

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Destroying Angel: With more than one species under the name, it's confusing identifying "Destroying Angel" mushrooms...

Destroying angel - Wikipedia

Toolbox: Vue, Poser & Photoshop. Models from DAZ and myself. Mushrooms modeled by me. - The idea for this came from a little talk on Facebook about the common names of different mushrooms/funghi. In Danish they are often boring and matter-of-fact descriptive, where as the English names are more imaginative with connotations of fairytales and fantasy. A good example is the species "Amanita virosa", in English called "Destroying Angel". Very appropriate, since it is deadly poisonous for humans…

Eastern North American Destroying Angel (Amanita bisporigera) - Photo by AGShep - http://www.minnesotaseasons.com/Fungi/Eastern_North_American_Destroying_Angel.html

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Amanita virosa, Destroying Angel mushroom: identification pictures (images), habitat, edible or poisonous; taxonomy, etymology, synonyms, similar species