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Destroying angel (Amanita virosa) &wood mushroom (Agaricus silvicola)The cap of the deadly poisonous destroying angel iswhite both above and below. The underside of the cap ofwood mushroom – a good edible mushroom – is slightlygreyish in a young, greyish pink in a middle-aged andblack in an old mushroom.The stipe base of the destroying angel is encased in alarge bag-like volva. As this is located in the ground, itusually remains unnoticed by mushroomers. The stipe ofthe wood mushroom is bulbous at the base and has novolva.The wood mushroom gradually turns yellowish ondamaged or cut surfaces, while the destroying angelremains white.The two species cannot be distinguished by theirhabitats, as both grow in coniferous and mixed forests inthe vicinity of spruces.destroying angelwood mushroomDeadly poisonous & edible mushroom species that are easily mixed upEstonian Museum of Natural History•Dangerous Nature: Myths & Reality21