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  2. List of deadly fungus species - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. List of poisonous fungus species - Wikipedia

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    Ghost fungus illudin S, illudin M, and illudosin [32] Oceania and India Pleurotus ostreatus. Lentinula edodes. Sarcomyxa serotina. Omphalotus olearius [8] Jack-O'lantern mushroom illudin S [33] [34] Europe Cantharellus spp. Omphalotus olivascens: Western jack-o'-lantern mushroom illudin S [35] America Cantharellus spp. Paralepistopsis ...

  4. Amanita phalloides - Wikipedia

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    Amanita phalloides is the most poisonous of all known mushrooms. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It is estimated that as little as half a mushroom contains enough toxin to kill an adult human. [ 9 ] It is also the deadliest mushroom worldwide, responsible for 90% of mushroom-related fatalities every year. [ 10 ]

  5. 4 of the most dangerous fungi that can make you sick ... - AOL

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    According to the WHO, the most dangerous fungi include candida auris, aspergillus, and cryptococcus. 4 of the most dangerous fungi that can make you sick, according to the WHO — from toxic mold ...

  6. Mushroom poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Some choice edible species (chanterelles, Amanita caesarea, Laetiporus sulphureus, etc.) are brightly colored, whereas most poisonous species are brown or white. "Insects/animals will avoid toxic mushrooms." – Fungi that are harmless to invertebrates can still be toxic to humans; the death cap, for instance, is often infested by insect larvae.

  7. Destroying angel - Wikipedia

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    Young specimens like this are sometimes confused with puffballs or other non-deadly mushrooms. The name destroying angel applies to several similar, closely related species of deadly all-white mushrooms in the genus Amanita. [1] They are Amanita virosa in Europe and A. bisporigera and A. ocreata in eastern and western North America ...

  8. Category:Poisonous fungi - Wikipedia

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    Deadly fungi (45 P) M. Mycotoxins (3 C, 78 P) Pages in category "Poisonous fungi" The following 127 pages are in this category, out of 127 total.

  9. Amanita - Wikipedia

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    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]