Fool’s funnel: model mushroom for muscarine biosynthesis (IMAGE)

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Fool’s funnel: model mushroom for muscarine biosynthesis

Caption

The fool's funnel (Clitocybe rivulosa) contains large amounts of muscarine and served as a model for the discovery of the revised biosynthesis model for this toxin.

Credit

Andreas Kunze, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2007-08-29_Clitocybe_rivulosa.jpg

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