Hi guys!
I am a student of forestry and I'm writting an essay about usage of mushrooms and some curiosities about them. I’m looking for an information about cases of death or serious damage caused by one of the mushrooms written down below. I’ve found about the death of Pope Clement VII and the Roman Emperor Claudius because of Amanita phalloides, but I’d like to have something more.
List of mushrooms, that I’m interested in:
Amanita phalloides (Death cap)
Amanita pantherina (Panther cap)
Amanita virosa (Destroying angel)
Cortinarius orellanoides (Fools webcap)
Inocybe erubescens (Deadly fibrecap)
Galerina marginata (Funeral bell)
Thanks for your attention!
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