Deadly beauty - Poisonous mushrooms
![The Amanita virosa, the European destroying angel (and close relation to North America's toxic A. bisporigera and A. ocreata), warns consumers off with an unpleasant odor. That, however, has not deterred some from tasting its deadly white flesh. The young ones can emerge looking like eggs, which are later topped with a domed cap, making identification even trickier because they can be mistaken for edible puffball or button mushrooms. [CCTV.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090611/000bcdb95f1d0b9adb461e.jpg "The Amanita virosa, the European destroying angel (and close relation to North America's toxic A. bisporigera and A. ocreata), warns consumers off with an unpleasant odor. That, however, has not deterred some from tasting its deadly white flesh. The young ones can emerge looking like eggs, which are later topped with a domed cap, making identification even trickier because they can be mistaken for edible puffball or button mushrooms. [CCTV.com]") |
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The Amanita virosa, the European destroying angel (and close relation to North America's toxic A. bisporigera and A. ocreata), warns consumers off with an unpleasant odor. That, however, has not deterred some from tasting its deadly white flesh. The young ones can emerge looking like eggs, which are later topped with a domed cap, making identification even trickier because they can be mistaken for edible puffball or button mushrooms. [CCTV.com] |
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