| Narrow-spored destroying angel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. virosiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita virosiformis (Murrill) Murrill | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amanita tenuifolia (Murrill) Murrill | |
Amanita virosiformis Mycological characteristics | |
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 | 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 is deadly |
Amanita virosiformis, commonly known as the narrow-spored destroying angel, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Originally described from Florida, it is found from coastal North Carolina through to eastern Texas in the southeastern United States.
See also
References
- "Amanita virosiformis (Murrill) Murrill = A. tenuifolia (Murrill) Murrill". www.njcc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
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| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amanita virosiformis | |
| Venenarius virosiformis | |