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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Amanita phalloides ("Death cap") One of the most toxic mushrooms, this cyclopeptide-containing mushroom is responsible for the majority of human fatalities due to mushroom poisoning because of the life-threatening liver toxicity that it can cause. Note the greenish white cap and large bulbous root. This specimen was mistaken for the edible mushrooms, Caesar's mushroom ( Amanita caesara ) and straw mushroom ( Volvariella volvacea ) and was picked in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. Courtesy of William Hollenbaugh.