Hvit fluesopp (Amanita virosa) en dødelig giftig sopp og en av de giftigste soppene i Norge. Hvit fluesopp inneholder amanitiner slik som grønn fluesopp og forgiftningsforløpet er tilsvarende. Kan forveksles med sjampinjonger og andre hvite sopper. Amanita chepangiana er en vanlig matsopp i Sørøst-Asia som lett kan forvekseles med hvit fluesopp. Forgiftning krever rask behandling med innleggelse på sykehus. Lever og nyreskade utvikles etter 1-4 døgn. Silibinin brukes som behandling, men levertransplantasjon kan være nødvendig. (Wikip) Commonly referred to as the Destroying Angel, Amanita virosa is a deadly poisonous fungus. The Destroying Angel is found infrequently in the lowlands but is more plentiful in mountainous areas in Britain and Ireland. It is not uncommon in low lying areas in northern Scotland and is a very common find in Scandinavian conifer forests (of whichb there are many!).
In northern Europe Destroying Angels usually appear in July, August and September. Anyone gathering mushrooms to cook and eat needs to be able to identify this poisonous amanita fungus and to distinguish between a young Destroying Angel and an edible Agaricus mushroom such as the Wood Mushroom, Agaricus sylvicola, which occurs in the same habitat as Amanita virosa, or the Field Mushroom, Agaricus campestris, which is often found in fields bordered by deciduous trees with which Amanita virosa can be associated. Destroying Angels at the button stage could also be mistaken for edible puffballs such as Lycoperdon perlatum, the Common Puffball, or Lycoperdon pyriforme, the Stump Puffball; however, if the fruitbody is cut in half longitudinally the volva of Amanita virosa, the Destroying Angel, would immediately become apparent.
Before even bothering to learn about the key identification features of the world's best edible fungi - and there are plenty of them - take the trouble and make the time to learn to identify, without any shadow of doubt, the two most deadly fungi on e