Abstract
Mushroom poisonings caused by amatoxins are mostly lethal. Information about mycetisms caused by white species ofAmanita is scarce. The present paper describes a case of mushroom poisoning caused byA. virosa. A prolongated latency period (6–10 hours), followed by cholera-like, improvement and visceral complication phases confirmed the amatoxin poisoning. The consumption of about 3 pounds of the toadstool by seven persons caused the death of five. Two patients survive the ingestion.
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Pérez-Moreno, J., Pérez-Moreno, A. & Ferrera-Cerrato, R. Multiple fatal mycetism caused byAmanita virosa in Mexico. Mycopathologia 125, 3–5 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01103968
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