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[QUOTE="Astronuc, post: 6631872, member: 15685"] A daily recommended article popped up on web-browser page. It was a previously published article from Field & Stream magazine (I also get notifications on Outside Magazine Online). It is useful information for those who like to hike in the woods and gather mushrooms or fungi. 7 Poisonous Mushrooms (or Fungi) and What Happens if You Eat Them [URL]https://www.fieldandstream.com/story/survival/deadly-mushrooms-and-what-happens-if-you-eat-them/[/URL] Death Cap, Amanita phalloides, toxin amanitin, which cause kidney and liver failure. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91-Amanitin']https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Α-Amanitin[/URL] [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amatoxin[/URL] Fly Agaric, Amanita muscaria, toxins ibotenic acid and muscimol, which act on the central nervous system. Poisoning temporary. False Morel, Gyromitra esculenta, toxins gyromitrin and MMH, liver damage and failure for severe poisoning Autumn Skullcap, Galerina marginata, toxin amanitin Alcohol Inky, Coprinus atramentarius, toxin coprine, an amino acid that interacts with alcohol. Coprine, while not toxic itself acts on alcohol, which could induce alcohol poisoning, even if alcohol is consumed hours later. Deadly Webcap, Cortinarius rubellus, toxin orellanine, a powerful mycotoxin, that causes Kidney failure [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orellanine[/URL] Related fungi, Cortinarius orellanus, Cortinarius speciosissimus [URL]https://www.mykoweb.com/TFWNA/P-32.html[/URL] Ergot, or Spurred Rye, Claviceps purpurea, toxin ergometrine and ergotoxine, and other alkaloids [URL]https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19847980/[/URL] [URL='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7641960/']History of ergot alkaloids from ergotism to ergometrine[/URL] [URL]https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/claviceps-purpurea[/URL] Some interesting history on rye - [URL]https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_39_2/lee.pdf[/URL] Another chemical is lysergic acid and derivatives A very recent case in Quebec. August 2020 - [URL]https://namyco.org/docs/A_Cortinarius_rubellus_Poisoning_in_Canada-2-1.pdf[/URL] [URL]https://blog.mycoquebec.org/blog/intoxication-grave-par-un-cortinaire-une-premiere-au-quebec/[/URL] (en français, good time to learn some French)[URL]https://www.mykoweb.com/TFWNA/index.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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