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Omphalotus mexicanus
Seriously poisonous — do not eat it.
If someone has eaten it, call emergency services or your poison control centre.
Foraging: Never eat a wild mushroom on a photo or an app’s word. Many deadly species look like edible ones.
About
Omphalotus mexicanus is a gilled basidiomycete mushroom in the family Marasmiaceae. Found in Mexico, it was described as new to science in 1984. Fruit bodies contain the toxic compounds illudin S and illudin M.
- Family
- Omphalotaceae
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- Name
- Omphalotus mexicanus
- Slug
- omphalotus-mexicanus
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Omphalotaceae
- Genus
- Omphalotus
- Species
- mexicanus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 4
- Data completeness
- 28
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