| Amanita bisporigera |
| The Destroying Angel. This mushroom contains toxins that are deadly poisonous. Found in woods summer and fall. Completely white, including spore print. This mushroom emerges from a cup-like sack (volva) and has a skirt-like veil (annulus) that hangs from the upper stalk. Rod Tulloss, Amanita expert, says "Amanita bisporigera is a mushroom that often contains enough amatoxins to kill an adult human. It is extremely important that this species and its look alikes become familiar to anyone planning to collect mushrooms for the table in eastern North America." |
| Described at www.amanitaceae.org |
INDIANA MUSHROOMS
| These two underdeveloped specimens of all white Amanitas probably represent one of the several A. bisporigera look-a-likes. These specimens did not have a reaction to KOH on the cap; Amanita bisporigera gives a yellow reaction. Amanita magnivelaris and Amanita elliptosperma , besides A. bisporigera, should be researched when finding one of these all white woodland mushrooms. |
| See Key to Species AMANITA Section PHALLOIDEAE from North and Central America |