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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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Haines, J.H., Lichstein, E. & Glickerman, D. A fatal poisoning from an amatoxin containing Lepiota . Mycopathologia 93, 15–17 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00437009
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