Amanita elliptosperma
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Atkinson's Destroying Angel | |
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Species: | A. elliptosperma
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Amanita elliptosperma G. F. Atk.
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Amanita elliptosperma | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
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: unknown |
Amanita elliptosperma, commonly known as the Atkinson's destroying angel, is a basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Although its toxicity is unknown, it is likely to be deadly poisonous like its close relatives. Originally described from North Carolina, it is found in the eastern United States from New England to eastern Texas.[1]
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- Amanita
- Deadly fungi
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- Fungi of North America
- Fungi described in 1907