Deadly Death Cap Mushroom

Deadly Death Cap Mushroom

Grootbos Foundation

image left

 

Deadly Death Cap Mushroom

Behold the Death Cap mushroom which was spotted in the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy. If there's one mushroom that we should learn to recognise and avoid, it's this one!

Responsible for the most mushroom-related fatalities worldwide and suspected to be the murder weapon in many deaths of royals and popes, the Death Cap mushroom is quite easy to confuse with other edible mushrooms. If you are not certain of your mushrooms, never pick or eat wild ones. Rather stick to market or store-bought varieties which are safe to gobble up with gusto.

Read about 7 of the world's most poisonous mushrooms here.

Deadly Death Cap Mushroom

Grootbos Foundation

Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai committed to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom and uplifting the communities that reside within it. The foundation protects more than 22,200ha of fynbos landscape and biodiversity on Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walk...

View Profile

What is Xplorio?

Xplorio is your local connection allowing you to find anything and everything about a town.

Watch the Gansbaai Video
Read More

Recent Posts

Explore the Wild Nature of Grootbos

Explore the Wild Nature of Grootbos

Grootbos is home to a diverse and incredible range of fauna and flora...

Win Big with Grootbos Foundation!

Win Big with Grootbos Foundation!

Do you need 11 good reasons to buy your ticket to Chelsea Flowers in Stanford? We've got them!

Feedback from our Entrepreneur Groups

Feedback from our Entrepreneur Groups

Our group of 2024 entrepreneurs met this week to connect with each other...

Jeanne Meets the Skaapsteker

Jeanne Meets the Skaapsteker

This is Jeanne van Tonder, manager of the Walker Bay Fynbos Conservancy, learning how to expertly handle a little 'skaapsteker'.

Under the Microscope: Cape Flightless Dung Beetle

Under the Microscope: Cape Flightless Dung Be...

Meet one of nature’s most underrated heroes, the Cape Flightless Dung Beetle (Circellium bacchus).

Nature Moments

Nature Moments

We recently spotted this mysterious caterpillar!