TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Mushroom Poisoning A1 - Smollin, Craig A1 - Olson, Kent R. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020 AB - There are thousands of mushroom species that cause a variety of toxic effects. The most dangerous species of mushrooms are Amanita phalloides and related species, which contain potent cytotoxins (amatoxins). Ingestion of even a portion of one amatoxin-containing mushroom may be sufficient to cause death. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2022/05/16 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166176644 ER -