Here’s a simple answer. While most wild mushrooms are safe, a small fraction, particularly Amanita phalloides and Inocybe spp., are highly toxic to dogs. These fungi can cause rapid, severe symptoms, ...

Most of the known mushroom poisonings and deaths in the U.S. involve foraging of Amanita phalloides mushrooms, known as "death caps," in the wild, the CDC said in a report on the toxic fungi.

In late December, a woman and her two grandsons in California ate soup made from deadly Amanita phalloides mushrooms they had picked. These so called 'death cap' mushrooms contain amatoxin—a ...

The most deadly mushroom is amanita phalloides, or the death cap. Eating half its top, about 30g, can kill you – and the symptoms aren’t immediate, so by the time you realise, it’s all over.

The company, based in Germany, is combining an antibody targeted approach with amanitin, a unique toxin molecule originally identified in the death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides). This new ...

The current shortage of the antidote used to treat mushroom poisoning is problematic. Tox Info Suisse urges amateur mushroom pickers to have all mushroom pickings checked by an official mushroom ...

Eleven people were transported to the hospital Friday after accidentally ingesting toxic mushrooms in York County, Pennsylvania, according to NBC affiliate WGAL. Among the 11 people were an Amish ...