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Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found. This saprotrophic small gill fungus grows prolifically in large clumps on stumps, dead roots or rotting trunks of broadleaved trees.
Although many people have a fear of mushroom poisoning by "toadstools", only a small number of the many macroscopic fruiting bodies commonly known as mushrooms and toadstools have proven fatal to humans. This list is not exhaustive and does not contain many fungi that, although not deadly, are still harmful.
Jack-O'lantern mushroom illudin S, illudin M, and muscarine [28] North America and Europe Cantharellus spp. Omphalotus japonicus: Tsukiyotake illudin S and illudin M [29] [30] [31] Asia Pleurotus ostreatus. Lentinula edodes. Sarcomyxa serotina. Omphalotus nidiformis: Ghost fungus illudin S, illudin M, and illudosin [32] Oceania and India ...
The Strophariaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales.Under an older classification, the family covered 18 genera and 1316 species. [1] The species of Strophariaceae have red-brown to dark brown spore prints, while the spores themselves are smooth and have an apical germ pore.
Previous studies have demonstrated that younger mushrooms can contain a higher concentration of toxins than is found in mature specimens. [28] The combined weight of the caps of these two mushrooms was 43.4g fresh or 4.3g when dry and when tested were found to contain a total of 21.3 mg of amatoxin distributed as 11.9 mg alpha-amanitin, 8.4 mg ...
Spore print is purple-brown Edibility is not recommended Stropharia aeruginosa , commonly known as the blue-green stropharia , [ 1 ] or verdigris agaric , is a medium-sized green, slimy woodland mushroom , found on lawns, mulch and woodland from spring to autumn.
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The fungal spores are present in the environment, can be found on items such as moldy bread and fruit, and are breathed in frequently, but cause disease only in some people. [5] In addition to being breathed in and deposited in the nose, sinuses, and lungs, the spores can also enter the skin via blood or directly through a cut or open wound ...