A. phalloides var. alba, which is a variety of A. phalloidestype of mushrooms, greatly resembles this type macroscopically (mycobank.org, 2013).
The light green-yellowbrown color of its cap makes it slightly easier to distinguish A. phalloides from other mushrooms, but it is often hard to say this for A. phalloides var. alba. Although its 8– 15 cm smooth-edged circular white cap helps one distinguish
it, its macroscopic appearance with a 5–20 cm long and 1–1.5 cm thick stipe makes it easily confused by local people with edible white-capped mushrooms such as Agaricus and Lepiota and it may cause poisoning resulting in death (North, 1967).