DeadlyDo not eat
Destroying angel
Amanita bisporigera
Pure white amanita. Cup at the base, ring on the stem. Liver-killing. Looks like a button mushroom if you are careless.
- Marks
- White gills; ring; underground cup
- Size
- 3–8 in
- Habitat
- Woods and woods edges, summer–fall.
- Season
- June–October.
- Frequency
- uncommon
All-white gilled mushroom. A skirt-like ring on the stem and a sack-like cup (volva) at the base — dig it up to see it. White spore print. Gills free of the stem.
If this is the one
Amatoxins. Symptoms may wait 6–12 hours, then seem to improve, then liver failure. There is no home treatment.
Any suspected amanita bite of a meal: ER now, not later. Bring the mushroom.
Lookalikes
Yellow / gray morel
Morchella spp.
Honeycomb cap continuous with the stem, completely hollow. The spring prize — and a deadly lookalike test.
CautionEdible cooked