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Deadly poisonous mushrooms that are frequently confused with edible mushrooms include several species of the genus Amanita, particularly A. phalloides, the death cap. Some mushrooms that are edible for most people can cause allergic reactions in others; old or improperly stored specimens can go rancid and cause food poisoning. [1]
Mushroom poisoning is usually the result of ingestion of wild mushrooms after misidentification of a toxic mushroom as an edible species. The most common reason for this misidentification is a close resemblance in terms of color and general morphology of the toxic mushrooms species with edible species.
The very recognizable fly agaric. 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]
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Edible Agaricus species Agaricus moelleri [2] Inky Mushroom phenol and xanthodermin: Europe Edible Agaricus species Agaricus phaeolepidotus: phenol and xanthodermin: Europe Edible Agaricus species Agaricus placomyces: phenol and xanthodermin: North America and Europe Edible Agaricus species Agaricus xanthodermus [1] [3] Yellow-staining mushroom
Delineation between edible and poisonous fungi is not clear-cut, so a "mushroom" may be edible, poisonous, or unpalatable. [4] [5] The word toadstool appeared first in 14th century England as a reference for a "stool" for toads, possibly implying an inedible poisonous fungus. [6]
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Destroying angels can be mistaken for edible fungi such as the button mushroom, meadow mushroom, or the horse mushroom. Young destroying angels that are still enclosed in their universal veils can be mistaken for puffballs , but slicing them in half longitudinally will reveal internal mushroom structures.