Amanita verna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Amanitaceae |
Genus: | Amanita |
Species: | A. verna
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Binomial name | |
Amanita verna | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
urlFungorum synonymy: Amanita verna
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).