Amanita verna
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| Amanita verna (Bull.: Fr.) Lam. |
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Amanita verna, commonly known as the fool's mushroom, is a poisonous basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Occurring in Europe in spring, A. verna associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The large fruiting bodies (i.e., the mushrooms) appear in summer and autumn; the caps, stipes and gills are all white in colour.
Initially described by the French botanist Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, the fool's mushroom's specific epithet verna is derived from its springtime fruiting habit.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Amanita verna". Image Credit.
