NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -One mushroom can contain enough poison to kill an average-sized adult. Cooking, peeling, drying or soaking the mushroom does not make the mushroom edible.

Detailed explanation-2: -Its biochemistry has been researched intensively for decades, and 30 grams (1.1 ounces), or half a cap, of this mushroom is estimated to be enough to kill a human. On average, one person dies a year in North America from death cap ingestion.

Detailed explanation-3: -All parts of the death cap mushroom are poisonous. Eating even a small amount of a death cap mushroom can kill you. Death cap mushrooms remain potentially lethal, even if cooked.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tip: The death cap is perfectly safe to touch, as its toxin is only dangerous if ingested.

Detailed explanation-5: -The world’s most poisonous mushroom, Amanita phalloides, is growing in BC. ABSTRACT: Amatoxins in Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the death cap mushroom, are responsible for 90% of the world’s mushroom-related fatalities.