date:Aug 21, 2018
blamed for the most mushroom poisonings in the world. While native to Europe, death caps occur on the U.S. East and West Coasts.
Description: Death caps have a 6-inch-wide cap, often sticky to the touch, that can be yellowish, brownish, whitish or greenish in color. The cap has white gills and grows on a stalk about 5 inches tall with a white cup at its base.
Can be confused with: Young death caps can resemble puffballs, which encompass the genera Calvatia, Calbovista and Lycoperdon.
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