# DeadlyMushrooms

Scientific_Name: Conocybe filaris
Common_Name: Deadly Conocybe
Order: Agaricales
Genus: Conocybe
Image_Link: 320px-Conocybe.jpg
Notes:
Conocybe filaris is a common lawn mushroom which is widely distributed and especially common in the Pacific Northwest. It contains the same mycotoxins as the death cap. It is also known as Pholiotina filaris.


Scientific_Name: Amanita phalloides
Common_Name: Death Cap
Order: Agaricales
Genus: Amanita
Image_Link: 320px-Amanita_phalloides.jpg
Notes:
The death cap is a medium-large, beautiful mushroom, widely distributed across Europe and Asia. Often mistaken for the popular, edible paddy straw mushroom, the death cap is considered highly toxic, and its toxicity can not be reduced by freezing, drying or boiling. This deadly mushroom is responsible for the majority of mushroom poisonings worldwide.


Scientific_Name: Galerina autumnalis
Common_Name: Deadly Galerina
Order: Agaricales
Genus: Galerina
Image_Link: 320px-Galerina.jpg
Notes:
This gorgeous saprobic mushroom is actually a poisonous mushroom that contains the toxin, a-amanitin. It damages the liver cells most, along with the kidneys and the central nervous system. So, do not mess around with this truly toxic mushroom.


Scientific_Name: Gyromitra esculenta
Common_Name: False Morel
Order: Pezizales
Genus: Gyromitra
Image_Link: 320px-FalseMorel.jpg
Notes:
Sometimes collectively called sponge mushrooms, false morels are the members of the genus Gyromitra. They can easily be recognized by the distinctive, complexly infolded caps that resemble the surface of a brain. Often mistaken for the true morel, some of the species contain MMH (Mono Methyl Hydrazine), which is suspected to be carcinogenic and can cause vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea and sometimes death.


Scientific_Name: Amanita virosa
Common_Name: Destroying Angel
Order: Agaricales
Genus: Amanita
Image_Link: 320px-Destroying_Angel.jpg
Notes:
A white-gilled and almost oval mushroom, the destroying angel is the most common toxic mushroom around the world. It contains amatoxins, responsible for fatal mushroom poisoning, as death caps do. The damage starts with the destruction of the liver and kidney tissue within a couple of hours after consumption, leading to death.


