Amanita phalloides
amanita phalloides
amanita phalloides amanita phal·loi·des (fə-loi’dēz’)
n.
a mushroom containing toxins such as phalloidine and amanitin that cause gastroenteritis and necrosis of the liver and kidneys.
historical examples
or affirmed that the phalloidin of the amanita phalloides was very nearly related to, and perhaps identical with, strychnine.
student’s hand-book of mushrooms of america, edible and poisonous thomas taylor
this species is considered by some only a white variety of amanita phalloides.
the mushroom, edible and otherwise m. e. hard
the plant shown in fig. 14 (amanita phalloides) was placed on its side in a basket for about an hour.
studies of american fungi. mushrooms, edible, poisonous, etc. george francis atkinson
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