List of deadly fungi

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Deadly Fungi
Fungi with significant risk of death if consumed
Scientific name	Common name	Active Agent	Toxicity	Habitat	Similar edible species	Picture
Amanita arocheae Tulloss, Ovrebo & Halling	Latin American death cap	amatoxins	liver	Woodland (oak) Mexico
Amanita exitialis Zhu L. Yang & T.H. Li	Guangzhou destroying angel	amatoxins	liver	Deciduous woodland Guangdong province, China
Amanita ocreata Peck	Western North American destroying angel	amatoxins	liver	Woodland (oak) Pacific Northwest North America
Amanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Link	death cap	amatoxins	liver	Woodland (various) Europe, North Africa, North America, Australia (SE), New Zealand	Volvariella volvacea, Russula virescens Amanita lanei Tricholoma equestre
Amanita smithiana Bas		unknown	renal	Woodland Japan
Amanita subjunquillea S. Imai	East Asian death cap	amatoxins	liver	Woodland East and Southeast Asia, Japan, India
Amanita verna (Bull.: Fr.) Lam.	fools mushroom	amatoxins	liver	Woodland (various) Europe	Agaricus arvensis Agaricus campestris Lycoperdon spp.
Amanita virosa (Fr.) Bertillon	European destroying angel	amatoxins	liver	Woodland (various) Europe	Agaricus arvensis Agaricus campestris Lycoperdon spp.
Clitocybe dealbata (Sowerby) Gillet	ivory funnel	muscarine	CNS	grassland Europe, North America	Marasmius oreades
Clitocybe rivulosa (Pers.) P. Kumm.	false champignon	muscarine	CNS	grassland Europe, North America	Marasmius oreades
Conocybe filaris (Fries) Kühner		amatoxins	liver	grassland, lawns North America	Psilocybe spp.
Cortinarius orellanus Fries	Fool's webcap	orellanine	kidney	Coniferous woodland Northern Europe
Cortinarius rubellus Cooke	deadly webcap	orellanine	kidney	Coniferous woodland Northern Europe
Galerina marginata (Batsch) Kühner	autumn skullcap	amatoxins	liver		Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Galerina sulcipes (Batsch) Kühner		amatoxins	liver	Indonesia
Gyromitra esculenta (Pers. ex Pers.) Fr.	false morel	gyromitrin	liver	Coniferous woodland Northern latitudes	Morchella spp.
Inocybe erubescens A. Blytt	red-staining inocybe	muscarine	CNS	Deciduous woodland (beech) Europe	Calocybe gambosa, Agaricus spp., Cortinarius caperatus[1]
Lepiota brunneoincarnata Chodat & C. Martín	deadly dapperling	amatoxins	liver	Coniferous woodland Europe
Lepiota helveola Bres.		amatoxins	liver	Coniferous woodland Europe
Lepiota castanea Quél	chestnut dapperling	amatoxins	liver	Coniferous woodland Europe
Lepiota josserandi	deadly parasol	amatoxins	liver	Coniferous woodland North America
Fungi where isolated deaths have been reported
Scientific name	Common name	Active Agent	Toxicity	Habitat	Similar edible species	Picture
Boletus pulcherrimus Fr.		unknown	severe gastrointestinal	Woodland Western North America	Boletus spp.
Entoloma sinuatum (Bull.) P. Kumm.		unknown	severe gastrointestinal	Deciduous woodland North America, Europe	Clitopilus prunulus Calocybe gambosa
Hypholoma fasciculare (Huds.:Fr.) P. Kumm.	sulfur tuft	fasciculol	severe gastrointestinal	Woodland Western North America	Armillaria mellea Hypholoma capnoides
Lactarius torminosus (Schaeff.) Gray	woolly milk-cap	unknown	severe gastrointestinal	Woodland Northern Europe	Lactarius deliciosus
Paxillus involutus (Batsch ex Fr.) Fr.	brown roll-rim	unknown	autoimmune, haemolysis	grassland Europe
Tricholoma equestre (L.) P. Kumm.	yellow knight, man-on-horseback	unknown	rhabdomyolysis	woodland Europe

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