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7 of the World’s Most Poisonous Mushrooms
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Webcap mushroom A single death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides, with a pale greenish cap and white gills, grows from the forest floor among fallen leaves and branches. Conocybe filaris Cluster of deadly webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius) with brownish-orange caps growing among green moss and forest vegetation. Autumn skullcap mushroom Destroying angel Podostroma cornu-damae Deadly dapperling
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Webcap mushroom
Deadly webcaps (Cortinarius rubellus), native to northern Europe. Ingestion...
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Deadly death cap
Death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides).
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Conocybe filaris
Poisonous Conocybe filaris mushrooms. This species is a common lawn mushroom...
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Webcaps
Poisonous webcap mushrooms (Cortinarius).
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Autumn skullcap mushroom
Toxic autumn skullcaps (Galerina marginata). Sometimes mistaken for hallucinogenic...
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Destroying angel
Deadly poisonous destroying angel (Amanita verna) mushrooms.
Mary W. Ferguson
Podostroma cornu-damae
Toxic fruiting bodies of the fungus Podostroma cornu-damae. The fungus can...
Kouchan
Deadly dapperling
A pair of deadly dapperling mushrooms (Lepiota brunneoincarnata) found near...
Strobilomyces