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Destroying Angel

Amanita ocreata

Photo by RobertShinn
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

pure white, white gills, white spore print, a veil & a ring around the stalk...the cap is usually bald, without warts...

Habitat:

near trees, especially oaks...

Notes:

David Arora says the symptoms do not appear for 6-24 hours, by which time the toxins have been completely absorbed...

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