mushroom poisoning

collocation in English

meaningsofmushroomandpoisoning

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mushroom
adjective
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/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm/us
/ˈmʌʃ.ruːm/
light grey-brown ...
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poisoning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpɔɪ.zən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpɔɪ.zən.ɪŋ/
an illness caused by eating, drinking, or breathing a ...
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Various toxins such asmushroompoisoningand drugs can also cause acute diarrhea.
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Mushroompoisoningis usually the result of ingestion of wild mushrooms after misidentification of a toxic mushroom as an edible species.
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This genus is responsible for approximately 95% of the fatalities resulting frommushroompoisoning, with the death cap accounting for about 50% on its own.
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Use of folk traditions to try to identify edible mushrooms is a frequent cause ofmushroompoisoning.
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However,mushroompoisoningis not always due to mistaken identity.
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Symptoms ofmushroompoisoningmay vary from gastric upset to life-threatening organ failure resulting in death.
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The most common consequence ofmushroompoisoningis simply gastrointestinal upset.
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Mycotoxin exposure is almost always accidental whereas with mushrooms improper identification and ingestion causingmushroompoisoningis commonly the case.
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From cases of orellanine-relatedmushroompoisoningin humans it seems that the lethal dose for humans is considerably lower.
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To preventmushroompoisoning, mushroom gatherers need to be very familiar with the mushrooms they intend to collect as well as with any similar-looking toxic species.
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