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U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook |
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Mushrooms Containing Amatoxins |
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| Poisonous species | Appearance | Mistaken for |
| Amanita tenuifolia (Slender Death Angel) | pure white | Leucoagaricus naucina (Smoothcap Parasol) |
| Amanita bisporigera (Death Angel) | pure white | Amanita vaginata (Grisette), Leucoagaricus naucina (Smoothcap Parasol), white Agaricus spp. (field mushrooms), Tricholoma resplendens (Shiny Cavalier) |
| Amanita verna (Fool's Mushroom) | pure white | A. vaginata, L. naucina, white Agaricus spp., T. resplendens |
| Amanita virosa (Destroying Angel) | pure white | A. vaginata, L. naucina, Agaricus spp., T. resplendens |
| Amanita phalloides (Deathcap) | pure white variety | Amanita citrina (False Deathcap), A. vaginata, L. naucina, Agaricus spp., T. resplendens |
| Buttons of A. bisporigera,. A. verna, A. virosa | pure white | Buttons of white forms of Agaricus spp. Puffballs such as Lycoperdon perlatum, etc. |
| Amanita phalloides (Deathcap) | green = normal cap color | Russula virescens (Green Brittlegill), Amanita calyptrodermia (Hooded Grisette), Amanita fulva (Tawny Grisette), Tricholoma flavovirens (Cavalier Mushroom), Tricholoma portentosum (Sooty Head) |
| Amanita phalloides (Deathcap) | yellow variety | Amanita caesarea (Caesar's Mushroom) |
| Amanita brunnescens (Cleft Foot Deathcap) | Amanita rubescens (Blusher), Amanita pantherina (Panthercap) | |
| Galerina autumnalis (Autumn Skullcap) | LBM | "Little Brown Mushrooms," including Gymnopilus spectabilis (Big Laughing Mushroom) and other Gymnopilus spp., Armillaria mellea (Honey Mushroom) |
| Leucoagaricus brunnea (Browning Parasol) | LBM | Lepiota spp., Leucoagaricus spp., Gymnopilus spp. and other Parasol Mushrooms and LBM's |
| Lepiota josserandii, L. helveola, L. subincarnata | LBM | Lepiota spp., Leucoagaricus spp., Gymnopilus spp. and other Parasol Mushrooms and LBM's |
Mushrooms Producing Severe Gastroenteritis |
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| Chlorophyllum molybdites (Green Gill) | Leucocoprinus rachodes (Shaggy Parasol), Leucocoprinus procera (Parasol Mushroom) | |
| Entoloma lividum (Gray Pinkgill) | Tricholomopsis platyphylla (Broadgill) | |
| Tricholoma pardinum (Tigertop Mushroom) | Tricholoma virgatum (Silver Streaks), Tricholoma myomyces (Waxygill Cavalier) | |
| Omphalotus olearius (Jack O'Lantern Mushroom) | Cantharellus spp. (Chanterelles) | |
| Paxillus involutus (Naked Brimcap) | Distinctive, but when eaten raw or undercooked, will poison some people | |
January 1992
M. Walderhaug
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