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Monomethylhydrazine, [60] gyromitrin, [61] raw Gyromitra esculenta, [62] and N-methyl-N-formylhydrazine [44] [63] have been shown to be carcinogenic in experimental animals. Although Gyromitra esculenta has not been observed to cause cancer in humans, [64] it is possible there is a carcinogenic risk for people who ingest these types of ...
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.
[1] [2] National Geographic described Rockefeller as "one of the most well-known mycologists studying psilocybe species", citing his memorization of Latin names and his "near-encyclopedic knowledge of mushrooms on the west coast of the U.S." [3] Rockefeller, an expert in collection and classification of psilocybin and muscimol mushrooms, [4 ...
The fruiting bodies of many larger fungi such as the chanterelle and the cep are collected as edible mushrooms. [5] [6] Some, such as truffles, are esteemed as costly delicacies. [7] A few species such as Agaricus bisporus and oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.) are cultivated. [8] Mould fungi produce foods like tempeh, savoury Javanese fermented ...
The genus Amanita was first published with its current meaning by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1797. [1] Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Persoon's concept of Amanita, with Amanita muscaria (L.) Pers. as the type species, has been officially conserved against the older Amanita Boehm (1760), which is considered a synonym of Agaricus L. [2]
Amanita pantherina compared to closely related species. Cap: 5–18 centimetres (2–7 inches) wide, [2] hemispheric at first, then convex to plano-convex, deep brown to hazel-brown to pale ochraceous brown, densely distributed warts that are pure white to sordid cream, minutely verruculose, floccose, easily removable.
Pleurotus tuber-regium, the king tuber mushroom, is an edible gilled fungus native to the tropics, including Africa, Asia, and Australasia. [1] It has been shown to be a distinct species incapable of cross-breeding and phylogenetically removed from other species of Pleurotus .
Panellus stipticus, commonly known as the bitter oyster, the astringent panus, the luminescent panellus, or the stiptic fungus, is a species of fungus.It belongs in the family Mycenaceae, and the type species of the genus Panellus.