Author: Mary E Cataletto, MD, Associate Director, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Winthrop University Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pediatrics, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Background: Mushroom toxicity is a worldwide concern. The increased use of mushrooms as components of organic diets, for alternative therapies, and by unsupervised children accounts, in part, for […]

 
 Amanitas (Amanita spp.)
Amanitas are the reason why there are no old, bold mushroom hunters. Several members of this group contain amanitin, one of the deadliest poisons found in nature. One cap of a Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa) can kill a man
An amanita starts as an egg-shaped button which can resemble a small puffball. This breaks […]