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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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(12.) Ernst Hiemer, Der Giftpilz (The Poisonous Mushroom) (Nuremberg: Sturmerverlag, 1938).
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