Death cap

Amanita phalloides

Русское название: Бледная поганка

Contains amatoxins that can cause life-threatening liver damage. Symptoms may be delayed for hours, so feeling well after eating a suspect mushroom is not reassuring. Cooking and drying do not make death caps safe.

✳ Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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Safety information

Never decide to eat a wild mushroom from a photograph or online description. A mistake can be fatal. For mushroom ingestion or suspected poisoning, contact emergency medical services or a poison centre immediately, even if symptoms have not appeared.

Irish Poisons Centre mushroom safety ↗

◎Distribution

Native to Europe; introduced elsewhere

♧Habitat

Woodlands, often associated with oak and beech

✺Identification limits

Images and brief descriptions are for learning, not for reliably identifying a specimen. Take particular care with poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Further reading and image creditsAmanita phalloides — Wikipedia overview ↗Photo, author and license — Wikimedia Commons ↗

Identification is never guaranteed by a photo. Scientific names are used to reduce confusion between local names.

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