Amanita Virosa

This mushroom has a white cap about 1 1/2 inches wide. The stalk is scaly and it has a veil on the underside which is peeling off and reveals the gills which are yellowish. Amanita virosa, commonly known as the European destroying angel, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus. They appear in summer and autumn; the caps, stipes and gills are all white in color. Amanita virosa is one of the most poisonous of all known poisonous mushrooms; its principal toxic constituent α-amanitin damages the liver and kidneys, often fatally.