Citation

Haines JH, Lichstein E, Glickerman D. Mycopathologia 1986; 93(1): 15-17.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1986, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3960099

Abstract

The mushroom Lepiota josserandii Bon and Boif. has been identified as the cause of an unintentional, fatal intoxication in New York. The course of the symptoms, beginning with a 9 h latent period, was similar to what would be expected in a case of Amanita phalloides-type intoxication. Despite supportive medical care the victim expired 110 h after ingestion. Thin layer chromatography detected the presence of alpha- and gamma-amanitin and radioimmunoassay confirmed a level of 3.5 mg/gm dry weight of amatoxins in mushrooms from the same location.

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