Toxicological Profiles of Poisonous, Edible, and Medicinal Mushrooms
Mycobiology September 1, 2014 Woo-Sik Jo, Md. Akil Hossain, Seung‐chun Park 109 citations
Mushrooms are valued in the human diet for their nutritional and therapeutic properties, but some species cause toxicity, leading to serious poisoning cases each year, often due to misidentification. Various toxic substances from poisonous mushrooms can cause fatal effects including liver failure, bradycardia, chest pain, seizures, gastroenteritis, intestinal fibrosis, renal failure, erythromelalgia, and rhabdomyolysis. Accurate categorization and understanding of mushroom species are essential for safe consumption as functional foods and for medicinal use.