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Toxigenic fungi

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  • The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): three fruiting bodies. Watercolour by R. Baker.
  • A fungus (Clitocybe phyllophila) growing on soil. Watercolour, 1898.
  • The fly agaric fungus (Amanita muscaria): two fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1890.
  • The sickener fungus (Russula emetica): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour.
  • A group of dung roundhead fungi (Stropharia semiglobata). Watercolour.
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    Devil's bolete fungus (Boletus satanus). Watercolour by R. Baker, 1896.

    Baker, R., active 1898. | Date: 1896 | Reference: 21498i
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    The sickener fungus (Russula emetica): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1895.

    | Date: 1895 | Reference: 21665i
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    A doctor examining an obese man and his wife and servant for suspected food poisoning from toadstools. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1813.

    Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827. | Date: 1 September 1813 | Reference: 11063i
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    A fungus (Stropharia aeruginosa): five fruiting bodies. Watercolour, 1883.

    | Date: 1883 | Reference: 21372i
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    The sickener fungus (Russula emetica): four fruiting bodies. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 21666i
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