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Zen Peddler

Tricholoma terreum - grey ghost mushroom

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Some good points - but also worth noting that LD50 results alone don't show the whole picture. Compounds can have delayed &/or cumulative toxic effects.

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Yes, good point. In this case the offending compounds seem to be saponins, which are more associated with "soap-like" toxicity and generally reversible I believe, but not that I have any proof in this instance. I would be interested to know what sort of compounds in Paxillus involutus etc are responsible for the cumulative effects. This is certainly scary. Maybe very tight binding cyclic peptides? Does anyone know?

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