Amanita virosa (Fries) Bertill.
Destroying angel

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Description:
mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 3-12 cm; stalk central 5-16.5 cm long x 0.7-1.5 (2) cm diameter. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 8-11 µm, ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, blue in Melzer's.

Diagnostic macroscopic feature: pure white, smooth cap; flesh of all parts turn yellow in 10% KOH

Diagnostic microscopic feature: 4 spores/basidium that are blue in Melzer's

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Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal

Substrate: on ground

Habitat: deciduous and coniferous woodlands

Fruiting Season: summer

 
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
 

 

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