Shroom hunting Basic Guide to Deadly Poisonous Mushrooms

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A Basic Guide to Deadly Poisonous Mushrooms
These species of mushrooms have been known to cause fatalities in humans.

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Species	Common Name	Habitat	Season	Spore Print Color	Toxicity	Toxin	Distribution/Range	Pic
Amanita abrupta	Abrupt-Bulbed Lepidella	Mycorrhizal with hardwoods/conifers	Summer and autumn	White	Hepatoxic	Possibly L-2-amino-4,5-hexadienoic acid	Eastern North America, Eastern Asia	Amanita_abruptaBradBowmanz.jpg
Amanita arocheae	Latin American Death Cap, "Hongo Gris"	Mycorrhizal, usually with oak		White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Central and South America	Amanita_arocheaeREHalling.jpg
Amanita bisporigera	Destroying Angel	Mycorrhizal with hardwoods	Summer and autumn	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	North America	Amanita_bisporigeraAlanCressler.jpg
Amanita exitialis	Guangzhou Destroying Angel	Mycorrhizal			Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Southern China	Amanita_exZhuLYang.jpg
Amanita magnivelaris	Great Felt Skirt Destroying Angel	Mycorrhizal			Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	North America	Amanita magnivelaris.jpg
Amanita ocreata	Western North American Destroying Angel	Mycorrhizal, oak	January to April	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	United States Pacific Coast from Washington to Baja California	Amanita_ocreata.jpg
Amanita phalloides	Death Cap	Mycorrhizal, hardwoods and conifers	Summer and autumn	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Europe, North America	Amanita_phalloides.jpg
Amanita smithiana		Mycorrhizal, conifers	Autumn	White	Renotoxic	Possibly 2-amino-3-cyclopropylbutanoic acid and/or 2-amino-4,5-hexadienoic acid	Pacific Northwest	Amanita_smithianaNathanWilson.jpg
Amanita subjunquillea	East Asian Death Cap	Mycorrhizal		White	Hepatoxic		East/Southeast Asia	Amanita_subjunquillea.jpg
Amanita verna	The Fool's Mushroom, The Mushroom Fool	Mycorrhizal, hardwoods	Spring	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Europe	Amanita_vernaLycaeum.jpg
Amanita virosa	European Destroying Angel	Mycorrhizal	Summer and autumn	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Europe	Amanita_virosaREHalling.jpg
Boletus pulcherrimus	Alice Eastwood's Boletus, Red-Pored Bolete	Mycorrhizal	Autumn	Olive-Brown	Gastrointestinal	Unknown, negotiable amount muscarine	North America	Boletus_pulcherrimusMichaelWBeug.jpg
Clitocybe dealbata	Ivory Funnel, The Sweating Mushroom, Sweat-Producing Clitocybe	Saprotrophic, grasslands and pastures	Summer and autumn	White	CNS	Muscarine	North America and Europe	Clitocybe_dealbataFredStevens.jpg
Clitocybe rivulosa	False champignon, Fool's funnel, The Sweating Mushroom	Saprotrophic	Summer and autumn	White	CNS	Muscarine	North America and Europe	Clitocybe_rivulosa.jpg
Conocybe filaris	Fool's Conecap	Saprotrophic	July to October	Rusty Brown	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Pacific Northwest	Conocybe_filarisFredStevens.jpg
Cortinarius gentilis		Saprotrophic	Summer and autumn	Rusty Brown	Renotoxic	Orellanine	North America and Europe	cortinarius_gentilis.jpg
Cortinarius orellanus	The Fool's Webcap	Mycorrhizal	August-November	Rusty Brown	Renotoxic	Orellanine	Europe	cortinarius_orellanusMarcoFloriani.jpg
Cortinarius rubellus	Deadly Webcap	Mycorrhizal, conifer and hardwood	Summer and autumn	Rusty Brown	Renotoxic	Orellanine	Northern Europe and North America	Cortinarius_rubellusFrediKasparek.jpg
Cortinarius splendens	Splendid Webcap				Renotoxic	Orellanine		Cortinarius_splendens.JPG
Entoloma sinuatum	Leaden entoloma, Lead poisoner, Livid agaric, Livid entoloma, Livid pinkgill	Mycorrhizal	August September	Pink	Gastrointestinal	?	Europe and North America	Entoloma_sinuatumHughUrban.jpg
Galerina marginata (Galerina autumnalis)	Deadly Galerina, Autumn Skullcap	Saprotrophic, rotting wood	Spring and autumn	Rusty Brown	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Temperate areas of the world	Galerina_marginataTomVolk.jpg
Galerina sulciceps		Saprotrophic		Rusty Brown	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Indonesia and India	N/A
Gyromitra esculenta	False Morel	Saprotrophic/Mycorrhizal	April-July	Cream Yellow	Hepatoxic, CNS	Gyromitrin (N-methyl-N-formylhydrazine)	Europe and North America	Gyromitra_esculentaMauriKorhonen.jpg
Hypholoma fasciculare	Sulfur Tuft, Clustered Woodlover	Saprotrophic	June November	Purplish Brown	Gastrointestinal, possibly hepatoxic	Fasciculol	Europe and North America	Hypholoma_fasciculareJeanPolGrandmont.jpg
Inocybe erubescens	Brick-Red Tear Mushroom, Deadly Fibrecap, Red-Staining Inocybe	Mycorrhizal	Spring and Summer	Brown	CNS	Muscarine	Southern Europe	Inocybe_erubescensLeifGoodwin.jpg
Lactarius torminosus	Wooly Milk Cap	Mycorrhizal	August-October	Cream-Yellow	Gastrointestinal	?	Europe and North America	lactarius_torminosusEnriqueRubio.jpg
Lepiota brunneoincarnata	Deadly Dapperling	Saprotrophic		White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Europe	lepiota_brunneoincarnataArturo Baglivo.jpg
Lepiota castanea	Chestnut Dapperling	Saprotrophic	August October	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Europe	Lepiota_castaneaJKLindsey.jpg
Lepiota helveola		Saprotrophic	Autumn	White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Western North America	lepiota_helveolaGiancarloPartacini.jpg
Lepiota josserandi	Deadly Parasol, Josserand's Lepiota	Saprotrophic		White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	North America	lepiota_josserandiiMarkusWilhelm.jpg
Lepiota subincarnata	Fatal Dapperling	Saprotrophic		White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	North America	Lepiota_subincarnata.jpg
Lepiota xanthophylla	Tawny Funnel Cap	Saprotrophic		White	Hepatoxic	Amatoxins	Europe	Lepiota_xanthophylla.jpg
Paxillus involutus	Brown Roll-Rim, Common Roll-Rim, Naked Brim Cap, Poison Pax	Mycorrhizal	July-October	Brown	Immunohemolytic	?	Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South America	Paxillus_involutusLeifGoodwin.jpg
Russula subnigricans		Mycorrhizal		White	Rhabdomyolysis	Cycloprop-2-ene carboxylic acid, Russuphelin	China, North America	Russula_subnigricans.jpg
Tricholoma equestre	Man on Horseback, Saddle-Shaped Tricholoma, Yellow Knight	Mycorrhizal		White	Rhabdomyolysis	Cycloprop-2-ene carboxylic acid	Europe and North America	Tricholoma_equestre.jpg

Photo Credits:

Amanita abrupta - Brad Bowmanz
Amanita arocheae - R.E. Halling
Amanita bisporigera - Alan Cressler
Amanita exitialis - Zhu L. Yang
Amanita smithiana - Nathan Wilson
Amanita verna - Lycaeum
Amanita virosa - R.E. Halling
Boletus pulcherrimus - Michael W. Beug
Clitocybe dealbata - Fred Stevens
Conocybe filaris - Fred Stevens
Cortinarius orellanus - Marco Floriani
Cortinarius rubellus - Fredi Kasparek
Entoloma sinuatum - Hugh Urban
Galerina marginata - Tom Volk
Gyromitra esculenta - Mauri Korhonen
Hypholoma fasciculare - Jean-Pol Grandmont
Inocybe erubescens - Leif Goodwin
Lactarius torminosus - Enrique Rubio
Lepiota brunneoincarnata - Arturo Baglivo
Lepiota castanea - J.K. Lindsey
Lepiota helveola - Giancarlo Partacini
Lepiota josserandi - Markus Wilhelm
Paxillus involutus - Leif Goodwin

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