Amanita virosiformis

Narrow-spored Destroying Angel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	Hymenomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Amanitaceae
Genus:	Amanita
Species:	A. virosiformis
Binomial name
*Amanita virosiformis* (Murrill) Murrill
Synonyms
Amanita tenuifolia (Murrill) Murrill

Amanita virosiformis
Mycological characteristics
	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: 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.^[1]

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Amanita species

Subgenus Amanita

Section Amanita	A. altipes A. armeniaca A. farinosa A. frostiana A. gemmata A. muscaria A. nehuta A. pantherina A. parvipantherina A. regalis A. rubrovolvata A. virgineoides A. xanthocephala

Section Vaginatae	A. ceciliae A. crocea A. fulva A. liquii A. nivalis A. orientifulva A. pachycolea A. pekeoides A. umbrinolutea A. vaginata A. velosa

Section Caesareae	A. basii A. caesarea A. chepangiana A. hemibapha A. jacksonii A. lanei A. spreta A. zambiana

Subgenus Lepidella

Section Lepidella	A. abrupta A. atkinsoniana A. austroviridis A. ananaeceps A. cokeri A. daucipes A. magniverrucata A. nauseosa A. ochrophylla A. ochrophylloides A. onusta A. ravenelii A. smithiana A. solitaria A. thiersii A. vittadinii

Section Amidella	A. ovoidea A. volvata

Section Phalloideae	A. arocheae A. bisporigera A. exitialis A. magnivelaris A. marmorata subsp. myrtacearum A. manginiana A. ocreata A. pseudoporphyria A. phalloides A. subjunquillea A. verna A. virosa A. virosiformis

Section Validae	A. aestivalis A. australis A. brunnescens A. citrina A. excelsa A. excelsa v. spissa A. flavella A. flavoconia A. flavorubens A. franchetii A. nothofagi A. novinupta A. porphyria A. rubescens

Poisoning from Amanitas

sect.
Amanita

Species	A. albocreata A. crenulata A. farinosa A. frostiana A. gemmata A. multisquamosa A. muscaria A. pantherina A. porphyria A. regalis A. strobiliformis A. xanthocephala

Compounds	Toxins: Ibotenic Acid Muscimol Other compounds: Muscarine Muscazone Amavadine

sect.
Phalloidea

Species

Destroying angels	A. bisporigera A. exitialis A. magnivelaris A. ocreata A. verna A. virosa A. virosiformis

Other members	A. arocheae A. phalloides A. subjunquilea

Compounds

Amatoxins	Amanitins alpha- beta- gamma- epsilon- Amanullin Amanullinic acid Amaninamide Amanin Proamanullin

Phallotoxins	Phallacidin Phallacin Phallisacin Phallisin Phalloidin Phalloin Prophalloin

Virotoxins	Alaviroidin Viroisin Deoxoviroisin Viroidin Deoxoviroidin

Other compounds	Antamanide Phallolysin Toxophallin

sect.
Lepidella

Species	A. nauseosa A. proxima A. smithiana A. sphaerobulbosa A. thiersii

Compounds	Allenic norleucine (2-amino-4,5-hexadienoic acid) Propargylglycine

sect.
Validae

Species	A. rubescens (A. amerirubescens nom. prov.)

Compounds	Rubescenslysin

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Amanita virosiformis

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