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Deathcap

Amanita phalloides

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 827, February 611, March 957, April 1,506, May 2,172, June 2,368, July 2,534, August 2,179, September 1,600, October 1,194, November 653, December 510.
United States21,865
Alaska17,111
California5,902
Germany625
Russia401
France302
United Kingdom294
Italy279
England276
Spain267

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • DecomposerBreaks down dead organic matter, recycling nutrientsFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Toxic to humansListed as toxic or not suitable as food for humans by a harvested source.FungiTastic metadata
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCommon Gilled Mushrooms and Allies · Agaricales
Familyamanita mushrooms and allies · Amanitaceae
Genusamanita mushrooms · Amanita

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