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Fungi

False death cap

Amanita citrina

Poisonous: never pick it to eat.

This is a game, not a field guide. Never eat a wild mushroom or plant because of it; if you are unsure, ask a mushroom advisor or a poison centre.

False death cap
Photo: No machine-readable author provided, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Amanita citrina
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Amanitaceae
Under the cap
Gills
Cap
Domed, Flat
Stem
Ring and volva
Lives by
Partner of trees
Season
Summer, Autumn
Habitat
Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
Spore print
White
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Hard

Did you know?

  • Its Latin name citrina means lemon-yellow, after the usual colour of its cap.
  • Despite its name, it is a different species from the deadly death cap, though both belong to the genus Amanita.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q935729 · All fungi · All entries