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WHITE SPORE PRINT<br />
Poisonous: AM ANITA VERNA<br />
Amanita verna (Figures 7 and 8) is considered by some to be<br />
not a separate species but a variety of A. phalloides, the chief difference<br />
being that its cap is pure white. In the northern Lake<br />
States A. verna is very abundant almost every fall, and on a morning's<br />
walk one can see literally thousands of beautiful and stately<br />
white specimens, growing singly and in groups of three or four,<br />
especially in aspen woods and hazel brush. It is a beautiful plant,<br />
but deadly. Although both species are more common in forested<br />
regions, they are by no means restricted to these areas.<br />
Poisonous: AMANITA MUSCARIA (Fly Agaric)<br />
The species name is taken from the name of the common<br />
housefly, Musca domestica, because the fungus has a peculiar and<br />
fatal attraction for these busy and annoying pests. If pieces of<br />
A. muscaria (Figures 9 and 10) are broken up and placed in a shal-<br />
Figure 9. Amanlta muscarla (Fly Agaric). Poisonous.<br />
Photo by Frank H. Kaufert.<br />
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