- Amanita verna
Taxobox
name=Fools Mushroom
status= secure
image_width=250px
regnum=Fungi
divisio=Basidiomycota
classis=Agaricomycetes
subclassis=Hymenomycete s
ordo=Agaricales
familia=Amanitaceae
genus="Amanita "
species="A. verna"
binomial="Amanita verna"
binomial_authority=(Bull.: Fr.) Lam.mycomorphbox
name=Amanita verna
whichGills=free
capShape=convex
capShape2=flat
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=ring and volva
ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
sporePrintColor=white
howEdible=deadly"Amanita verna", commonly known as the fool's mushroom, is a poisonous
basidiomycete fungus , one of many in the genus "Amanita ". Occurring inEurope in spring, "A. verna" associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The large fruiting bodies ("i.e.", themushrooms ) 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.
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