A deadly poisoning by mushrooms in Guatemala

Authors

  • Heidi Logemann Facultad Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia. Universidad de San Carlos. Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Jorge Argueta Laboratorio Clínico Biológico. Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Gastón Guzmán Micología Médica e Industrial, Departamento Microbiología, Facultad Ciencias Veterinarias. México
  • Leticia Montoya-Bello Micología, INIREB. Xalapa, Veracruz, México
  • Victor M. Bandala-Muñoz Micología, INIREB. Xalapa, Veracruz, México
  • Ruth de Leon-Chocooj 1. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Sobre los Recursos Bióticos, A.C. 2. Facultad Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos. Guatemala, Guatemala

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https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.1987.3.699

Abstract

A aixture of possible edible auahrooaa produced and intoxication of two faailiaa
froa San Yuyo village, Depart .. nt of Jalapa, in the SW of Guataaala. Nineteen
paraor· were intoxicated, of which eight diad by hepatic intoxication. Accordin&
to the raaearch, aaong the people of tha village, tha auahrooaa vera identified aa:
~ £!!!!!!! (Scop. ex Fr.) Grav., ~· aa ... ta (Fr.) Gill. and~· aasnivalaria
Peck, tha firat ia edible and choiaa apaciaa, the aacond producaa a at.pla gaatrointaatinal
intoxication, and the laat producaa death; thia apaciaa balonaa to A.
biaporiaara Atk. group, which ia diatinauiabad by ita poiaonoua alkaloidaa. Thta ia
the firat record of ~· aaanivalarla froa Guataaala.

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Logemann, H., Argueta, J., Guzmán, G., Montoya-Bello, L., Bandala-Muñoz, V. M., & de Leon-Chocooj, R. (2016). A deadly poisoning by mushrooms in Guatemala. Scientia Fungorum, 3(3), 211–216. https://doi.org/10.33885/sf.1987.3.699

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