Poisonous Fungi
A Colour Atlas
Andreas Bresinsky Department of Botany, University of Regensburg, Germany
Helmut Besl Department of Botany, University of Regensburg, Germany
Translated by N. G. Bisset, formerly of Chelsea College, UK
Using up-to-date findings, this atlas provides a full colour photographic guide to poisonous fungi, and discusses the methods of treatment likely to prove most effective. It also helps the reader to understand the toxic substances present, the degree of toxicity of each fungus, and its likely effects.
The atlas includes advice on how to deal with fungi in general, and gives emphasis to the explanation of technical terms. Identification keys enable all the Western and Central European genera of lamellate and tubulate fungi, and their poisonous representatives, to be identified. A detailed bibliography completes this comprehensive scientific and medical resource.
Contents
Section 1. Poisoning by fungi
Section 2. The poisoning syndromes and the poisonous fungi:
- Phalloids syndrome
- Orellanus syndrome
- Gyromitra syndrome
- Muscarine syndrome
- Pantherine syndrome
- Psilocybin syndrome
- Coprinus syndrome
- Paxillus syndrome
- Gastrointestinal syndrome
- Poisoning by raw fungi
- Fungi with suspect constituents
Section 3. Introduction to the identification of fungi.
Index
