| Narrow-spored destroying angel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| 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 is deadly |
Amanita virosiformis, commonly known as the narrow-spored destroying angel, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus. Originally described from Florida, it is found from coastal North Carolina through to eastern Texas in the southeastern United States. [1] It is deadly toxic, containing amatoxins.
