Posts Tagged ‘mushroom poisoning’
There have been quite a few news reports so far this year about mushroom poisonings around the world. The biggest news was the so-called “mushroom massacre” in Italy in which 18 or so people died. But that turned out to be a bit overblown (from the mycotoxological perspective) since most of the deaths (maybe even [...]
Tags: mushroom collecting, mushroom poisoning, poisonous mushrooms, toxic fungi
News reports out of Zimbabwe state that six people have recently died there from eating poisonous wild mushrooms. The article Toxic Mushrooms Kill Six shows a picture of Galerina autumnalis, but the article does not state which mushrooms are responsible for the tragic fatalities, which included a three year-old girl. Six people have died in [...]
Tags: Africa, mushroom poisoning, Zimbabwe
The wet weather of 2009 has led to increased incidents of suspected mushroom poisoning of horses. This according to Toxic Mushroom Risk for Horses in Kentucky Pastures Due to Wet Weather, from The Horse.com. The information in the article was provided by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. An excerpt: “Mushrooms appear to be [...]
Tags: horses, mushroom poisoning
According to two short news items published by Nepal News, five young people have died as result of eating poisonous mushrooms. The unfortunate deaths are related to a single incident. In both cases the youths had consumed mushrooms collected from forests near their home. Apparently all five ate from the same collection. Attempts to get [...]
Tags: mushroom poisoning, Nepal
The following thread (names have been removed) has recently appeared on the Google group for DIY Bio (that’s do it yourself biology). Feel free to mosey on over and sign up to chime in, or to get involved with many of the other projects/discussions going on over there. =================== TOPIC: Mushroom test kits =================== Has [...]
Tags: identification, mushroom poisoning
I just wrote a short article for another website about mushroom poisoning in dogs. In the article I stated that it is a fairly rare event (and I still think it is). But, wouldn’t you know it, not everyone agrees. An article entitled More Dogs Sickened by Mushrooms appeared today at a Denver news channel [...]
Tags: Colorado, dogs, mushroom poisoning
