page_title: Destroying angel
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Destroying angel / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: Original summary: "Picture taken by me in autumn -03 near my family home in Ludvika, Sweden. Amanita virosa, aka "Destroying angel"."
context_page_description: The name destroying angel applies to several similar, closely related species of deadly all-white mushrooms in the genus Amanita. They are Amanita bisporigera and A. ocreata in eastern and western North America, and A. virosa in Europe. Another very similar species, A. verna or fool's mushroom, was first described in France.
  Destroying angels are among the most toxic known mushrooms; both they and the closely related death caps contain amatoxins.
context_section_description: All Amanita species form ectomycorrhizal relationships with the roots of certain trees. Thus destroying angels grow in or near the edges of woodlands. They can also be found on lawns or grassy meadows near trees or shrubs. Several species called destroying angel are found all over the world.
caption: A half-grown destroying angel
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