Amatoxin is the collective name of a subgroup of at least nine related toxic compounds found in three genera of poisonous mushrooms (Amanita, Galerina...

both they and the closely related death caps (A. phalloides) contain amatoxins. Destroying angels are characterized by having a white stalk and gills...

commonly consumed by humans, increasing the risk of accidental poisoning. Amatoxins, the class of toxins found in these mushrooms, are thermostable: they...

Hymenogastraceae of the order Agaricales. It contains the same deadly amatoxins found in the death cap (Amanita phalloides). Ingestion in toxic amounts...

may depend on methods of preparation for cooking. Some toxins, such as amatoxins, are thermostable and mushrooms containing such toxins will not be rendered...

peptide of eight amino acids. It is possibly the most deadly of all the amatoxins, toxins found in several species of the mushroom genus Amanita, one being...

western North America, particularly in the spring. It contains highly toxic amatoxins, as well as phallotoxins, a feature shared with the closely related death...

make treatment more difficult. Fruit bodies contain both amatoxins and phallotoxins. Amatoxins consist of at least eight compounds with a similar structure...

classified in the section Phalloideae of the genus Amanita together with other amatoxin-containing species. The species is found in mixed coniferous and deciduous...

cyclic nonribosomal peptide. It is an amatoxin, all of which are found in the mushroom genus Amanita. Like other amatoxins, proamanullin is an inhibitor of...