FOLK NAMES:  Death Angel, Death Cap, Magic Mushrooms, Redcap Mushroom, Sacred Mushroom
GENDER: Masculine
PLANET:  Mercury
ELEMENT:  Air
DEITY:  Dionysus
POWERS:  Fertility
RITUAL USES:  There is speculation that at least some of the mystery religions of classical times centered their secret rituals around the use of the amanita.
MAGICAL USES: Place on the altar or in the bedroom to increase fertility.  Unfortunately, the amanita  is so virulently poisonous that it is unwise to use it.