While only 70-80 poisonous mushroom species are truly dangerous when consumed, many deadly varieties are similar to edible ones, making them particularly hazardous. The death cap mushroom, closely ...

Rightly named, this mushroom variety is the deadliest of all. Consuming it can lead to liver, kidney, and nervous system failure, leading to coma and death. The two species of webcap, the deadly ...

Andreas Kunze / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED - Original / License A saprophyte preferring to grow in nitrogen and compost-rich substrates, the golden conecap (Conocybe aurea) can thrive alongside houseplants.

While many other mushrooms are safe to consume, eating varieties like the death cap, false morels, and Conocybe filaris can cause serious adverse health effects and even death. Many edible ...

Ipanema National Forest, southeastern Brazil, once contained 340 bird species. Forest cover suffered for centuries from log exploitation and, as a result, most of the remaining forests are now an ...

A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.

The Pantanal floodplains of Brazil are a region of rich biodiversity. To date, the true richness of the Pantanal avifauna has not been explored satisfactorily caused by a lack of studies in the region ...

Even trained mycologists have difficulty differentiating generic-looking psilocybes from other mushrooms, some of which can be genuinely dangerous to consume, such as the deadly Conocybe filaris.