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Amanita virosiformis

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Order
  
Agaricales

Scientific name
  
Amanita virosiformis

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Subclass
  
Hymenomycetes

Family
  
Amanitaceae

Rank
  
Species

Amanita virosiformis

Similar
  
Amanita magnivelaris, Amanita arocheae, Amanita nauseosa, Amanita xanthocephala, Amanita ananiceps

Amanita virosiformis fungi kingdom


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.

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Amanita virosiformis Wikipedia