Edible and poisonous lookalike mushrooms (IMAGE)

Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology - Hans Knöll Institute -

Edible and poisonous lookalike mushrooms

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The may mushroom (Calocybe gambosa), left, is easily confused with the young deadly fibrecap (Inocybe erubescens), right. This is a risk, as Inocybe species contain large amounts of the toxin muscarine.

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calocybe_gambosa_080420wa.jpg / Andreas Kunze, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-05-27_Inocybe_erubescens.jpg

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