Amanita bisporigera Atk. - Iowa State University
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3/6/2018 Amanita bisporigera Atk.
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Amanita bisporigera Atk. Destroying angel
Description: mushroom
Fruiting Body: cap 412 cm; stalk central, 1020 cmlong x 12.5 cm diameter, slightly enlarged at base.Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 710µm diameter, globose, smooth, hyaline, blue inMelzer's.
Diagnostic macroscopic feature: pure white, smoothcap and stalk with annulus, volva, free gills andwhite spore print are diagnostic for several deadly
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poisonous Amanitas; A. bisporigera turns yellowwith application of 10% KOH
Diagnostic microscopic feature: 2 spores perbasidium, and exclusively globose spores; it iscurrently thought that this A. verna and A. virosareported in N.A. may in fact be this species If so,spores may be ellipsoid and 4. Seehttp://pluto.njcc. com/~ret/amanita/sectphal.html
Nutritional Mode: ectomycorrhizal
Substrate: on ground
Habitat: deciduous woodlands
Fruiting Season: summer, fall
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales