Stephen loves mushrooms on his steak, his pizza, marinated and in salad. He gets his mostly at the grocery store, but more and more people are out there foraging for these delicacies. The problem is that both benign and toxic mushrooms often grow close together and frequently look alike. Dr Zane Horowitz is an emergency medical physician and the associate medical director of the Oregon, Alaska and Guam poison center. Together, Stephen and Dr. Horowitz discuss some of the top poisonous mushrooms in the U.S. and abroad, including exposure, symptoms and management of these mushrooms. The pair takes a page from the FBI Most Wanted List and discusses the top three toxic mushrooms including Amanita, Gyrometra and Psilocybin. Horowitz BZ, Moss M, Amatoxin Mushroom Toxicity, StatPearls, Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431052/ Horowitz KM, Horowitz BZ, Gyromitra Mushroom Toxicity, StatPearls, Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470580/ Horowitz BZ, Hendrickson RG. Mushroom Toxicity. Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Updated October 11, 2019. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/16739 French LK, Hendrickson RG, Horowitz BZ, Amanita Phalloides Poisoning, Clin Tox, 2011 Feb;49(2):128-9. https://emigcast.com/tag/zane-horowitz/

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