How to Use destroying angel in a Sentence

destroying angel

noun
  • The common names of many of the poisonous Amanita mushrooms include foreboding monikers like death cap mushroom and destroying angel.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Two of the most toxic mushrooms that can be found in the state are the death cap and the western destroying angel mushroom, Amanita Ocreata.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Heavy rain has caused death cap mushrooms, including the Western destroying angel mushroom — one of the deadliest fungi — to bloom.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Officials warned to also watch out for the destroying angel mushroom, which also grows in California.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 6 Dec. 2025
  • However, unlike death cap mushrooms and destroying angels, many of the toxins found in Amanita muscaria are water-soluble and can be removed by parboiling them prior to cooking or by other means.
    — Matt Kasson, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In the Bay Area, there are two mushrooms that are unsafe for any creature, and those are the death cap (Amanita phalloides) and the western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata).
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Death cap and Western destroying angel mushrooms were responsible for the three poisonings in Sacramento County, officials said.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 20 May 2026
  • The cases involved people accidentally picking and eating death cap or western destroying angel mushrooms, Sacramento County Public Health said in a Thursday news release.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Most illnesses are linked to amatoxin-containing mushrooms, including death caps (Amanita phalloides) and western destroying angels (Amanita ocreata), both highly toxic species that can closely resemble edible mushrooms.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • The three deadliest mushrooms in California are the death cap, the western destroying angel and the deadly galerina (Galerina marginata), according to the Bay Area Mycological Society.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Two lethal mushroom species, the death cap (Amanita phalloides) and western destroying angel (Amanita ocreata), have poisoned at least 47 people and claimed four lives since mid-November, according to the California Department of Public Health.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • Why people are mistakenly eating death cap mushrooms The three most deadly mushrooms in California include the death cap, destroying angel (Amanita ocreata) and deadly Galerina (Galerina marginata), according to the Bay Area Mycological Society.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026

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