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poisonous mushroom

Toxicology A mushroom capable of causing toxic reactions or death Clinical Abdominal cramps, N&V. See Amanita phalloides, Chlorophyllum molybdites, Copinus atramentarius, Gyromitra esculenta, Inocybe spp, Muscaria spp, Psilocybe spp.

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Ernst Hiemer, The Poisonous Mushroom (London: The Friends of Europe, 1938), 4.

Poisoning young minds in Nazi Germany: children and propaganda in the Third Reich

Deadly webcap and fool's webcap are among the most poisonous mushrooms in the world.

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Phukrityakame said he suspected the pair had been poisoned by a meal that included blowfish or poisonous mushrooms.

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55pm Lindsey Haun (pictured) stars in this horror as an American student who suffers grim visions of the future after eating poisonous mushrooms during a camping trip to Ireland.

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C) They accidentally eat invasive poisonous mushrooms.

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Mushrooms and toadstools both have gills underneath the cap, but mature edible mushrooms have brownish gills, while toadstools and poisonous mushrooms have gills that are light, nearly white in colour.

Focus on fungi: with the summer's heat now a distant memory, forests and fields around the country will be witnessing the emergence of nature's army of recyclers, as mushrooms and toadstools take advantage of cool, moist conditions to send up their fruiting bodies

Poisonous mushrooms contain chemicals which can cause severe n= erve, liver, and kidney damage, and be life-threatening.

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The author of best-selling book The Horse Whisperer was yesterday said to be in a "positive frame of mind" after falling ill from eating poisonous mushrooms.

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Applied mycologist/plant pathologist Hall (coauthor, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World, Timber Press 2003) grows truffles in New Zealand for out-of-season Northern Hemisphere markets.