The preparation makes the #poison: How muscarine in #mushrooms becomes toxic
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-poison-muscarine-mushrooms-toxic.html
The Fatal #Mushroom Neurotoxin #Muscarine is Released from a Harmless Phosphorylated Precursor upon Cellular Injury https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202417220
"muscarine is not only present in #fungi as such, but it can also be stored as a harmless precursor and only be released when mushrooms got injured"
The preparation makes the poison: How muscarine in mushrooms becomes toxic
Mushrooms exist in a breathtaking variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Especially in autumn, mushroom hunters go into the forests to find the tastiest of them, prepare them in multiple ways and eat them with relish. However, it is well known that there are also poisonous mushrooms among them and it is life-saving to distinguish between them. But are these mushrooms really poisonous?


