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Amanita phalloides

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Noun1.Amanita phalloidesAmanita phalloides - extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills
death angel, death cap, death cup, destroying angel
agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
Amanita, genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions


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The most seriously ill were felled by the ``death cap'' mushroom, known technically as Amanita phalloides, which can destroy the liver.
SON OF SEBASTIANI WINE FAMILY DIES AFTER EATING WILD MUSHROOMS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Amanita phalloides - commonly known as the death cap mushroom - poisoned five San Francisco Bay Area people earlier this year, forcing one 13-year-old girl to undergo a nine-hour partial liver transplant.
MUSHROOM SEASON WARRANTS CAUTION : WILD FUNGI CAN BE FATAL, EXPERTS ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The same mushroom - technically known as Amanita phalloides - is blamed for poisoning four members of the Chang family in Orinda earlier this week.
2ND POISONING CASE SPURS WILD MUSHROOM WARNINGS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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