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the genus that gave us both the storybook toadstool and a fungal serial killer.
deadly starDeath cap kills more people than all other mushrooms combined.
no antidoteIts toxins shrug off cooking, freezing, and drying.
icon statusThe red-and-white fly agaric defined what cartoons call a mushroom.
reindeer highSiberian shamans ate it for visions, sometimes via reindeer urine.
slow killerSymptoms vanish, then organs fail days later.