Beware of The Amanita Phalloides Mushroom, Also Known as The Death Cap.

Cyclopeptide mushrooms are ones you don’t want to stuff.

Lee-Anne Hancock
3 min readAug 18, 2022

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Picture of a amanita phaloides mushroom in the woods. It has a off white color with specks on it and a skirt is visible.
Image by Alicja from Pixabay

Cyclopeptide mushrooms account for almost all fatal mushroom poisons. Cyclopeptides are also found in other mushroom genera, such as Lepiota, Galerina, and Conocybe.

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Lee-Anne Hancock

Retired Poison Control Specialist. Now writing murder mysteries and blogging about life, family, and the fun of retirement.