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There is one mushroom called the Poison Fire Coral that can poison through touch. It just made the news rounds for being found for the first time in North Queen
by kwasson 7y ago
There is one mushroom called the Poison Fire Coral that can poison through touch. It just made the news rounds for being found for the first time in North Queensland.
https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2019/october/deadly-fungus-found-in-far-north-queenslan https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2019/october/deadly-fun...
- cm2012 7y agoCool, so there is an exception of 1! “If found, the fungus should not be touched, and definitely not eaten. Of the hundred or so toxic mushrooms that are known to researchers, this is the only one in which the toxins can be absorbed through the skin,” said Dr Barrett, a mycologist from the JCU Australian Tropical Herbarium (ATH) who specialises in the study of fungi.
- 40four 7y agoWow! So deadly, but so beautiful! I love mushrooms!
- semi-extrinsic 7y agoWow, that thing just screams "I'm dangerous, don't eat me!"
- dredmorbius 7y agoThough the contact symptoms are described as dermatitis, not gross toxicity. Still a good idea not to handle it.