Definitions
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- noun Any of a class of
toxic peptides produced by severalmushrooms of the genusAmanita and others
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Examples
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A post-mortem examination found the student at Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology died of liver failure due to an acute reaction to a toxin called amatoxin, found in another type of mushroom.
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"It's acute amatoxin toxicity and the mushroom identified was liberty cap, so I suspect it's a mixture and he sustained an acute reaction and that caused the liver failure," said coroner Dr Brian Farrell.
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He recorded a cause of death of liver failure due to acute amatoxin toxicity and a verdict of death by misadventure.
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The woman is thought to have eaten a death cap mushroom which contains the poison amatoxin.
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The woman is thought to have eaten a death cap mushroom which contains the poison amatoxin.
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The woman is thought to have eaten a death cap mushroom which contains the poison amatoxin.
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