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Agaricus bisporus. 1 case where man ate 15 cooked in oil. Symptoms: nausea and abdominal cramps. Onset 30 minutes. 2^nd case due to Portabello consumed with wine in a restaurant. Symptoms about 8 hours of diarrhea, sweating and nausea.

Agaricus xanthodermus. 1 case involving10 month infant eating 1 bite. Symptoms: vomited 5x over next 7 hours. 2^nd case, 2 year old girl took 1 bite but no ill effects.

Amanita? Woman ate 1.5 caps. Symptoms: chills, diarrhea, dizziness, cramps, sweating, spasm, vomiting, nausea, weak. Onset 4.5 hours

Amanita muscaria. 1 case recreational ingestion of 1 by a young man; 2^nd recreational case of three young men. Symptoms: nausea (4/4), vomiting (4/4), seizure (3/4) and hallucinations (4/4). Onset 3 hours.

Amanita thiersii? Case 1, Dog (standard poodle). Symptoms: disorientation, vomiting, high liver enzyme, liver failure and death. Treatment: fluids and platelet transfusion. 2^nd case Dog. Symptoms: vomiting and nausea. Treatment fluids and metoclopromide, famotidine, ampicillin, isoflurane, butorphanol, baytril, ACTH stimulation response, denosyl, ursodiol, plasma, famatodine, amoxicillin, phenobarbital.

Bolete? Yonng man ate pea sized piece raw. Symptoms: chills, hallucinations, salivation, sweating, disorientation, headache. Onset 1 hour, duration 4 hours.

Cantharellus "cibarius". 1 case involving 2 adults having cooked and eaten previously frozen raw Chanterelles. Symptoms: Severe diarrhea and abdominal pain. Onset 3 hours. Note: bitter taste and rancid odor due to slow spoilage from bacteria as a result of failure to parboil or partially cook before freezing.

Catathelasma ventricosa 1 case of a mother and adult son who ate 1 serving each. Symptoms: diarrhea, cramps, sweating, vomit, nausea. Onset 2-3 hours.

Chlorophyllum molybdites? 1 case involving three males each having eaten ¼ of a mushroom raw. 2^nd case where child of 12 ate 2-3 bites. 3^rd case 6 men, all ill, ate several caps. 4^th case man ate 1 button insisting they were a favorite Agaricus (and blaming later illness on a subsequent restaurant meal). 5^th case man ate 1 button with alcohol thinking he was eating "Shaggy Mane". 6^th case man trying to get high. 7^th case man 39. Case 1, 3, 4 & 6 symptoms: vomiting and diarrhea. Onset 2.5-3 hours. Case 2 symptoms vomiting and diarrhea, flushed , chills, weakness. Onset 1.5 hour. Case 5 symptoms: chills, fever, diarrhea, dizzy, cramps, nausea, vomiting, weakness. Onset 3 hours. Case 7 exhibited the usual symptoms but then the man (aged 39) suffered a heart attack.

Coprinus comatus. Adult male ate two cooked and drank alcohol. Symptoms: dizzy, atrial fibrillation, high pulse. Onset 6 hours. Previously had eaten this species with no ill effect.

Entoloma luridum. 1 case involving 4 people who thought they were consuming Clitopilus prunulus, about 3 bites each with alcohol, all ill. Symptoms: diarrhea, cramps, vomiting, weak. Onset 0.5 hours.

Kombucha, "Manchurian mushroom tea". 1 case from a long-time user. Symptoms: diarrhea, intenstinal cramps, bloating and gas. Note: actually Komucha is a mixed bacterial culture, not a fungus, and similar symptoms are not at all unusual.

Marasmius oreades? Dog (14#, 14 years). Symptoms: vomited large quantity of mushroom stems and then wobbly, lethargic.

Morels. 1 case involving man cooking and eating about ¾ cup dried morels over 3 day period. Symptoms: Diarrhea and nausea 4 hours after last meal. 2^nd case undercooked black morels on reheated chinese food. Symptoms: vomiting. Onset 1 hour and duration 6 hours. 3^rd case one man ate morels plus alcohol in a restaurant. Symptoms: vomiting, weakness, headache, lack of coordination, flushing, hallucinations, dizzy, sweaty, disoriented. Onset 1 hour.

Mycena sp. This is not an actual mushroom poisoning but a case where the individual showed up at the hospital with Mycenas claiming poisoning in order to get drugs. I had a similar case several years ago where I puzzled over the strange reported symptoms and the doctors later figured out that this guy had tried the same trick on a series of hospitals up and down the west coast.

Omphalotus illudens. Adult and child ate a lot mistaking them for chanterelles. Symptoms: vomiting and nausea. Onset 1 hour.

Omphalotus olearius.1 case of man who thought he was consuming chanterelles. Symptoms: nausea and vomiting. Onset 0.5 hour.

Panaeolus campanulatus?? Dog (6 years, 30 #). Symptoms: overnight became ataxic and apprehensive. Vet assistant did the ID from a book. Symptoms characteristic of Amanita pantherina or A. muscaria.

Panaeolus cyanescens? 1 case involving intentional ingestion of mushrooms on a Florida cow pie to get high; 2^nd case involving handful of mushrooms from Hawaiian cow pasture. Case 1 symptoms: "freaking out" 45 minutes after ingestion. A week later was still worried that he had done long term damage (not likely). Case 2 symptoms hallucinations, nausea, and agitation. Onset 1 hour, duration a bit over 6 hours.

Psilocybe cubensis? Case 1, ten males took hallucinogenic mushrooms and 4 mg Zanex 3 hours earlier; case 2, couple ate homegrown Psilocybes; 3^rd case, three young women ate organically grown Psilocybe cubensis. Case 1 Symptoms: no details given except that some were "freaking out". Case 2: Male became aggressive and had to be restrained and Tazered twice by police; Case 3 symptoms: in addition to hallucinations, one of three became "too weird to handle" and was abandoned by "friends" in a park where she was found and taken to a hospital.

Psilocybe cyanescens. Woman had started mushroom bed for Pleurotus ostreatus and picked 12 for food. Symptoms: hallucinations, dizzy, disoriented, weakness. Onset 0.3 hour.

Scleroderma cepa. 2 dogs, 12 weeks old. Symptoms: vomiting, nausea, weakness.

Tylospious arborate. 1 case elderly woman. Symptoms cramps, vomiting, nausea. Onset 1 hour.

Unknown mushrooms. Case 1, three non-English speaking adults ate unknown quantity. Symptoms: dizziness, blurred vision, arms tingling, hearing difficulties and in one case vomiting (3x). Onset 0.5 – 1.5 hours. 2^nd case mixed unidentified mushrooms by mother and her 4 children thought to be "wood blewit", "horse mushroom" and "shaggy mushroom" from pictures in old coffee table book. Symptoms: vomiting (all), mild diarrhea (2). Onset 2-3 hours, recovery 2-3 days. Case 3, 3 year old girl ate small piece of white mushroom in field. Symptoms: vomiting and aching body. Onset 3 hours. Case 4 Dog (4 month old shorthair pointer, 40#). Symptoms: vomited quantity of mushrooms, disoriented, spasms, respiratory arrest, death in 3 hours despite vet treatment with dopram, diazepam iv, fluids iv and intubation to breathe for her. Case 5 Dog (8 month, 9# ate about ¼ tsp of fungus that grows like bread dough and dries corky between concrete and the ground in Arizona). Symptoms ALT level of 150. Onset 12 hours, recovery in 5 days. Case 6 Dog (5 years old) Symptoms: diarrhea, salivation, vomiting, weakness, death (no treatment given). Onset 2 hours. Case 7 Dog ("white mushrooms"). Symptoms: liver failure and death. Case 8 Dog (Jack Russell Terrior ate "white mushrooms"). Symptoms: liver damage but survived. Case 9, nine year old girl ate 1 bite. Symptoms diarrhea, cramps, vomiting, nausea, skin blotching. Onset ½ hour.

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