Amanita hygroscopica
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| Amanita hygroscopica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Amanitaceae |
| Genus: | Amanita |
| Species: | A. hygroscopica |
| Binomial name | |
| Amanita hygroscopica Coker | |
| 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 is deadly |
Amanita hygroscopica (/æməˈnaɪtə /ha͡ɪɡɹəskˈo͡ʊpi͡ə), also known as the pink-gilled destroying angel is a deadly poisonous fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
The species was first described by William Chambers Coker in 1917.[1]
Description
The cap is 2.5 centimetres (1 inch) wide and hemispheric. The gills are adnate, crowded, medium broad, entire, white, unchanging.
The stem is about 30 by 5–8 millimetres (1+1⁄8 in × 1⁄4 in–3⁄8 in), narrowing upward, smooth, glabrous, white, unchanging when bruised. The ring is fixed 10 mm (3⁄8 in) from the top of the stem, very short, skirt-like, grooved by the gills above, white, persistent. The bulb is ovoid, white, 20 mm × 15 mm (3⁄4 in × 5⁄8 in). The volva is neither appressed nor widely spreading, the edge is either 3-lobed or ragged.[2] The mushroom is odorless and tasteless.
Similar species
A. hygroscopia resembles several edible species, most notably Agaricus campestris.
