A deadly all-white destroying angel of the Great Lakes region and northeastern North America, distinguished by an unusually thick, felty, persistent skirt-like ring. Like other destroying angels it has free white gills, a white spore print and a sac-like volva around a tapering basal bulb. It contains amatoxins and can kill.
Deadly poisonous: contains amatoxins, which destroy the liver and kidneys after a delayed onset. Never eat any white Amanita. Dig up the whole base of white mushrooms to look for a sac-like volva, and slice 'button' or puffball-like finds: an Amanita egg shows the outline of a cap and gills.
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Habitat
Ectomycorrhizal with various hardwoods and conifers (collected under loblolly pine and Norway spruce); alone or scattered, summer and fall.
Distribution
Northeastern North America and the Great Lakes region, including southeastern Canada, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Characteristics
Cap: 4-10 cm, convex to nearly flat or broadly bell-shaped, white to ivory, bald or with a few volval patches, dry or tacky; margin not lined; KOH negative on the cap. Gills: free or nearly free, close or crowded, white. Stem: 6-12 cm long, 1-2 cm thick, white, with a thick, felty, high, persistent ring; bulb up to 4 cm across with a tapering rooted underside, enclosed in a white sac-like volva. Odor: like raw potatoes or not distinctive. Spore print: white. Spores: 8-11 x 5.5-8 µm, ellipsoid, amyloid.
