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death cap

or death·cap (dĕth′kăp′)

A poisonous, usually white mushroom (Amanita phalloides) having a prominent cup-shaped base. Also called death cup.

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death cap

death angel

(Biology) a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva. See also amanita

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death cap - extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base; differs from edible Agaricus only in its white gills

Amanita phalloides, death angel, death cup, destroying angel

agaric - a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

Amanita, genus Amanita - genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions

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The Destroying Angel, which is related to the Death Cap, is among the most toxic of the mushrooms and also easily mistaken for button mushrooms or young horse mushrooms.

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In perhaps the most well known case of mushroom poisoning in Oregon, five people who accidentally ate "death cap" mushrooms in a stir fry at a Portland dinner party in 1988 ended up suffering various degrees of liver failure; four of them had to have liver transplants.

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Mushroom gathering doesn't come without its risks however, and digesting a toxic death cap mushroom (amanita phalloides) can be fatal.

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Australia: Woman reported to be visiting Australia from China has died after eating a toxic Death Cap mushroom -- the third such fatality in the southern nation this year.