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Amanita virosa – Destroying angel

Synonyms: Agaricus virosus, Amanita verna, Amanitina virosa.

Common name: destroying angel.

Russian names: Mukhomor voniuchiy, Mukhomor zlovonnyy, Belosnezhnaya poganka, Belaya poganka, Mukhomor belyy voniuchiy.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Amanita virosa, commonly known in Europe as the destroying angel, is a deadly poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Occurring in Europe, A. virosa associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The large fruiting bodies (i.e., the mushrooms) appear in summer and autumn; the caps, stipes and gills are all white in colour.

Photos of this mushroom from the area of St. Petersburg, Russia

European destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita virosa) in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Unnamed Road, Zakhodskoye, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188861

European destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita virosa) in Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2016
Unnamed Road, g. Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758

European destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita virosa) on Lenin Trail near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 15, 2018
Leninskaya Tropa, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758

European destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita virosa) in moss on Lenin Trail near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 15, 2018
Leninskaya Tropa, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758

European destroying angel mushrooms (Amanita virosa) near Dibuny, north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 25, 2018
Leninskaya Tropa, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197758

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