Destroying Angel
0 Caps of the Destroying Angel are 5 to 10cm in
diameter, pure white, and without any
marginal striations. The cap is initially egg-
shaped or occasionally almost flat. Amanita
virosa gills are white, free and crowded.
0 Stems of Destroying Angels are 9 to 15cm tall
and often slightly curved; pure white and
fibrous with fragile ring high up on the stipe.
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Symptoms of poisoning by
Amanita virosa
0 It contains the highly toxic amatoxins, as well as
phallotoxins. Amatoxins initially cause gastrointestinal
disorders with symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea and
stomach pains occurring within five to twelve hours.
Cruelly, the systems usually fade away for several
hours or even a day or two, tricking the victim into
thinking that they are recovering. When in due course
the symptoms return with a vengeance, it may be too
late: kidney and liver damage are already well
underway
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