Mushroom poisoning is poisoning resulting from the ingestion of mushrooms that contain toxic substances. Symptoms can vary from slight gastrointestinal...
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The 2023 Leongatha mushroom poisoning is an ongoing legal case involving three deaths from suspected mushroom poisoning in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia...
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Amanita muscaria (redirect from Fly mushroom)
due to poisoning from A. muscaria ingestion is quite rare. Parboiling twice with water draining weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive...
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Amanita phalloides (redirect from Deathcap mushroom)
humans, increasing the risk of accidental poisoning. Amatoxins, the class of toxins found in these mushrooms, are thermostable: they resist changes due...
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Amanita (redirect from Dissociative mushroom)
resulting from mushroom poisoning, with the death cap accounting for about 50% on its own. The most potent toxin present in these mushrooms is α-Amanitin...
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improperly stored specimens can go rancid and cause food poisoning. Additionally, mushrooms can absorb chemicals within polluted locations, accumulating...
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Agaricus bisporus (redirect from Portobello mushroom)
Agaricus bisporus, commonly known as the cultivated mushroom, is a basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It is cultivated...
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List of poisonous fungus species (redirect from List of poisonous mushrooms)
This is a compendium of poisonous fungi. See also mushroom poisoning. There are 119 poisonous fungus species listed below. List of deadly fungi List of...
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phalloides) account for the overwhelming majority of deaths due to mushroom poisoning. The toxin responsible for this is amatoxin, which inhibits RNA polymerase...
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Khamar-Daban incident (section Mushroom poisoning)
suggests that the hikers might have hallucinated and got sick due to a mushroom poisoning. Korovina was known to be a forager and she taught the art to her...
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Galerina marginata (redirect from Skullcap (mushroom))
"Mushroom poisoning case registry. North American Mycological Association Report 1989–1990". McIlvainea. 10 (1): 36–44. Trestrail JH (1994). "Mushroom...
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Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms or shrooms, are a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain psilocybin, which turns into...
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The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence, the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those...
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distinctive feature which does not develop after poisoning by other types of mushrooms. In most cases of poisoning, symptoms do not progress from these initial...
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Chlorophyllum molybdites (redirect from Green-spored parasol mushroom)
reasons cited for this. The nature of the poisoning is predominantly gastrointestinal. It is an imposing mushroom with a pileus (cap) ranging from 8 to 30 cm...
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Gyromitrin (section Poisoning)
normal use and function of vitamin B6. Poisoning results in nausea, stomach cramps, and diarrhea, while severe poisoning can result in convulsions, jaundice...
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Erythromelalgia (section Mushroom poisoning)
polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia, hypercholesterolemia, mushroom or mercury poisoning, and some autoimmune disorders. Primary erythromelalgia is caused...
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responsible for severe mushroom poisonings. Eating just one cap of A. virosa is enough to kill an adult human. The symptoms of poisoning generally come several...
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Mushroom Poisoning – Part I" (PDF). Fungifama: 3–5. Retrieved 2007-12-11. Tegzes, John H.; Birgit Puschner (2002). "Amanita mushroom poisoning: efficacy...
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Psilocybin mushrooms are mushrooms which contain the hallucinogenic substances psilocybin, psilocin, baeocystin, and norbaeocystin. The mushrooms are collected...
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List of deadly fungus species (redirect from List of deadly mushrooms)
have a fear of mushroom poisoning by "toadstools", only a small number of the many macroscopic fruiting bodies commonly known as mushrooms and toadstools...
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radiation poisoning, an unrelated phenomenon. Two common cases of acute natural poisoning are theobromine poisoning of dogs and cats, and mushroom poisoning in...
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is responsible for most cases of mushroom poisoning due to its similarity with shaggy mane and other edible mushrooms. Coprinopsis atramentaria (the common...
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Mushroom Poisoning: Summary of the Approximately 2,000 Reports in the NAMA Case Registry. From summary at "NAMA: 30-Plus Years of Mushroom Poisoning"...
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Entoloma sinuatum (redirect from Lead poisoner)
St George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa) or the miller (Clitopilus prunulus). It has been responsible for many cases of mushroom poisoning in Europe. E...
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Orellani (section Notable poisonings)
orellanin poisoning, seek emergency medical attention. Both of these mushrooms can be confused with each other and many incidents of mushroom poisoning have...
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side effects or complications of isoniazid use, and certain types of mushroom poisoning. It is used by mouth or by injection. It is usually well tolerated...
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Armillaria (redirect from Honey mushroom)
brown spore print and are deadly poisonous (alpha-amanitin) – see: mushroom poisoning. Honey fungus is a "white rot" fungus, which is a pathogenic organism...
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Psilocybe semilanceata (redirect from Liberty cap (mushroom))
one of the most widely distributed psilocybin mushrooms in nature, and one of the most potent. The mushrooms have a distinctive conical to bell-shaped cap...
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Rubroboletus satanas (redirect from Satan's mushroom)
Europe, it is classified as a poisonous mushroom, known to cause violent gastroenteritis. However, reports of poisoning are rare, due to the striking coloration...
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