I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006)

Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by kwasson on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:22PM (#21288105)

There is one mushroom called the Poison Fire Coral that can poison through touch. It just made the news rounds for being found for the first time in North Queensland.

https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2019/october/deadly-fun...

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by cm2012 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:25PM (#21288123)

Cool, so there is an exception of 1!

“If found, the fungus should not be touched, and definitely not eaten. Of the hundred or so toxic mushrooms that are known to researchers, this is the only one in which the toxins can be absorbed through the skin,” said Dr Barrett, a mycologist from the JCU Australian Tropical Herbarium (ATH) who specialises in the study of fungi.

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by semi-extrinsic on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:45AM (#21288758)

Wow, that thing just screams "I'm dangerous, don't eat me!"

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by dredmorbius on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:31AM (#21290399)

Though the contact symptoms are described as dermatitis, not gross toxicity. Still a good idea not to handle it.

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Re:I Survived the “Destroying Angel” (2006) by 40four on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:51PM (#21288260)

Wow! So deadly, but so beautiful!

I love mushrooms!

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