Home Fungi Caps on stems; gills below caps [mushrooms or mushroom-like] Amanita phalloides

Amanita phalloides

Death Cap

 

The fruitbody is a mushroom with a cap atop a central stem. Young caps are close to hemispherical in shape but then flatten as they expand. When fully open they are gently curved and smooth. The colour is usually yellowish green, but may sometimes be olive to light brown. The fully open caps are up to 15 centimetres in diameter. The cap is slightly sticky in wet weather but dry and shiny in dry weather. The gills are white. The stem is white and from 5 to 15 centimetres long and 1 to 2 centimetres in diameter.

 

Both a universal veil and a partial veil are present before the mushroom has expanded. The universal veil leaves a cup like remnant (or volva) around the base of the stem and the partial veil leaves a skirt-like ring of tissue around the upper part of the stem.

 

Spore print: white

 

Toxicity: Deadly and the cause of several deaths in Canberra.

 

For more information see: http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/deathcap.html.

Amanita phalloides is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands  |  South Coast  |  Hunter Region

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Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Deakin, ACT - 19 Apr 2023 by Minz Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Lyneham, ACT - 18 May 2022 by trevorpreston Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Lyneham, ACT - 18 May 2022 by trevorpreston Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 17 May 2022 by AlisonMilton Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 17 May 2022 by AlisonMilton Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Amaroo, ACT - 14 May 2022 by AJB Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Ainslie, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by SusanneG Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Coree, ACT - 30 Jan 2022 by Kurt Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Griffith, ACT - 23 Feb 2021 by Jiggy Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 8 Apr 2020 by SandraH
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Deakin, ACT - 19 Apr 2023 by Minz
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Lyneham, ACT - 18 May 2022 by trevorpreston
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Lyneham, ACT - 18 May 2022 by trevorpreston
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 17 May 2022 by AlisonMilton
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 17 May 2022 by AlisonMilton
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Amaroo, ACT - 14 May 2022 by AJB
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Ainslie, ACT - 1 Feb 2022 by SusanneG
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Coree, ACT - 30 Jan 2022 by Kurt
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Griffith, ACT - 23 Feb 2021 by Jiggy
Amanita phalloides (Death Cap) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 8 Apr 2020 by SandraH

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Species information

  • Amanita phalloides Scientific name
  • Death Cap Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 617.1m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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