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Amanita phalloides
Death Cap
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1109 1622 (2009-11-19)Copyright © 2009 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Nov 19, 2009
location
Big Basin Redwoods State Park. Near Boulder Creek (Santa Cruz County, California, US)family
Amanitaceae
order
Agaricales
class Agaricomycetes
notes Remains of the veil form a characteristic white patch on the cap and a skirt-like ring, or annulus, high on the stalk. A. phalloides, when ingested, is responsible for 90 percent of the mushroom-poisoning cases in California. Amatoxins inhibit RNA synthesis, causing multiple organ failure.keywords: toxic poisonous
camera Canon 40D, 70mm, f/20, 1/25 sec.
photo category: Fungi - fungi
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Death Cap (photographer)
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