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White False Death Cap

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Although this mushroom looks like a deadly Amanita it is edible if you like the taste of raw potatoes.

Mushroom Type
Common Names White False Death Cap
Scientific Name Amanita citrina var. alba
Season Start Jul
Season End Nov
Average Mushroom height (CM) 8
Average Cap width (CM) 12
Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.

Cap

A pure white cap with white patches of veil that can discolour to a tan-oche.

Gills

Gills white, free of the stem and fairly crowded.

Stem

Pure white with an obvious volval sack and a bulbous base. The stem can be hollow in older specimens.

Skirt

The skirt is quite large and usually hangs down.

Volva

A large obvious volva.

Flesh

White.

Habitat

Mixed woodland especially with Beech.

Possible Confusion

The Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa), pictured, or the Deathcap (Amanita phalloides), it is because of this possible confusion and its vile taste that we leave this mushroom well alone. Although edible, not one for eating.

Spore Print

White. Spherical.

Taste / Smell

Unpleasant, like raw potato.

Frequency

Common.

COMMENTS

8 comments for White False Death Cap

  1. kc says:

    I recommend changing the symbol for ‘type of mushroom: Edible’ to ‘Inedible’ as the taste is referred to as vile in the comments.

    1. Eric Biggane says:

      Hi Kc, I think you are right, we added the inedible section long after we put the False Death Cap up so I will change it. Eric.

  2. Joseph says:

    I found this mushroom and I was wondering as an app I have says it give a hallucinogenic effect. Does it actually have a hallucinogenic toxins in it??

    1. Eric Biggane says:

      I would not trust any mushroom app as it is near on impossible to ID many of our UK mushrooms from photos alone so how a computer can be accurate I don’t know.

  3. Martin Arcimovič Martin Arcimovič says:

    Recent research has shown that Amanita citrina has some bufonic (toad) accid in it, i.e. is mildly poisonous.

  4. Martin Arcimovic says:

    Recent research has shown that Amanita citrina has some bufonic (toad) accid in it, i.e. is mildly poisonous.

  5. Alex says:

    I found 100 mushroom due to rain can I eat them white look like the picture White False Death Cap but I live southern New Mexico any clues I wish I could show a picture but it don’t let me

    1. Eric Biggane says:

      I don’t know the mushrooms in New Mexico but if it looks like an Amanita, the Deathcap family, and you can’t ID it, don’t eat it.

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