Amanita bisporigera Atk. - Iowa State University

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3/6/2018 Amanita bisporigera Atk. http://www.herbarium.iastate.edu/fungi/fungispecies.php?sp=Amanita+bisporigera+Atk. 1/2 Amanita bisporigera Atk. Destroying angel Description: mushroom Fruiting Body: cap 412 cm; stalk central, 1020 cm long x 12.5 cm diameter, slightly enlarged at base. Spore Print Color: white. Spores: basidiospores 710 µm diameter, globose, smooth, hyaline, blue in Melzer's. Diagnostic macroscopic feature: pure white, smooth cap and stalk with annulus, volva, free gills and white spore print are diagnostic for several deadly common

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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

common

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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