Amanita verna

Amanita verna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Amanitaceae
Genus: Amanita
Species:
A. verna
Binomial name
Amanita verna
(Bull.) Lam. (1783)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus bulbosus f. vernus Bull. (1780)
  • Agaricus vernus (Bull.) Bull. (1783)
  • Amanita virosa Secr. (1833)
  • Agaricus virosus var. vernus (Bull.) Fr. (1838)
  • Amanita phalloides var. verna (Bull.) Lanzi (1916)
  • Amanita verna var. grisea Massee (1922)
  • Amanitina verna (Bull.) E.-J.Gilbert (1941)
  • Amanita verna f. ellipticospora E.-J.Gilbert (1941)
  • Venenarius vernus (Bull.) Murrill (1948)
Amanita verna
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is free
Stipe has a ring and volva
Spore print is white
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is deadly

Amanita verna, commonly known as the fool's mushroom or the spring destroying angel (see destroying angel),[2] is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Occurring in Europe in spring, A. verna associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The caps, stipes and gills are all white in colour.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum synonymy: Amanita verna was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2015.