 The death cap is native to Europe , where it is widespread . It is found from the southern coastal regions of Scandinavia in the north , to Ireland in the west , east to Poland and western Russia , and south throughout the Balkans , in Italy , Spain and Portugal , and in Morocco and Algeria in north Africa . In west Asia it has been reported from forests of northern Iran . There are records from further east in Asia but these have yet to be confirmed as A. phalloides . 
