Tag: Amanita phalloides

  • Death cap mushrooms and poison fungi have a new antidote in the works

    Death cap mushrooms and poison fungi have a new antidote in the works

    A team of Chinese and Australian researchers has claimed to have discovered an antidote for death cap poisoning that’s already approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers tested the antidote by exposing cells to Amanita phalloides, which is considered one of the most poisonous mushrooms. They found that mutations in the STT3B…