A white variation of the Death Cap. Equally as deadly.
Very uncommon.
Grows with Oak in mixed deciduous woodland.
The White Death Cap sports a pure white cap. Shape - convex with a satin-like texture. Radially fibrillose.
Thick white flesh with an aroma of potatoes or honey (sickly sweet). Starts smelling of ammonia with age.
Gills are white and crowded.
8-10.5 x 7-8 Microns in size. Broadly elliptical to subglobose, amyloid. White in colour.
Cylindric with bulbous base cupped with a sac-like volva. Stem is slightly scaly with a thin, membranous but persistent ring.
