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Novel Cyclic Peptides from Lethal Amanita Mushrooms through a Genome-Guided Approach
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Most species in the genus Amanita are ectomycorrhizal fungi comprising both edible and poisonous mushrooms. Some species produce potent cyclic peptide toxins, such as α-amanitin, which places them among the deadliest organisms known to mankind.
Shengwen Zhou +8 more
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Amanita mansehraensis, a new species in section Vaginatae from Pakistan [PDF]
, 2019 A new species of Amanita subgenus Amanita sect. Vaginatae is described and illustrated based on material collected in pine forests in district Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw, Pakistan.
Fiaz, Muhammad +4 more
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Increased C3 productivity in Midwestern lawns since 1982 revealed by carbon isotopes in Amanita thiersii [PDF]
, 2017 How climate and rising carbon dioxide concentrations (pCO2) have influenced competition between C3 and C4 plants over the last 50 years is a critical uncertainty in climate change research.
Craine, Joseph M. +4 more
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Toxins, 2014 Species in the mushroom genus Lepiota can cause fatal mushroom poisonings due to their content of amatoxins such as α-amanitin. Previous studies of the toxin composition of poisonous Lepiota species relied on analytical methods of low sensitivity or ...
R. Michael Sgambelluri +5 more
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Species diversity of macrofungi on fallows in the buffer zones of the landscape parks in Łódzkie province [PDF]
, 2014 This study presents the species structure of macrofungi in different plant communities formed on fallows as a result of secondary succession. The mycological observations were carried out in 2012 and 2013 in the buffer zones of all landscape parks in the
Adamczyk, Jolanta
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Amanita concentrica : a new species in Amanita section Amanita from Japan
Mycoscience, 2002 Amanita concentrica sp. nov. is described from an evergreen broad-leaved forest of Chiba Prefecture with Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii and Quercus glauca. The fungus is a medium to large, white to yellowish-white mushroom characterized by many pyramidal warts on pileus, striate margin of pileus, distinct ascending concen-tric rings at upper part
Takashi Oda +2 more
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The beast initiate: the lycanthropy of Heracles [PDF]
, 2019 The obscurantist Hellenistic poet Lycophron referenced the initiation of Heracles as a beast suckling the breast of the goddess Hera. This was the event that was the mythological origin of the Galaxy and of the lily flower that incarnated the same ...
Ruck, Carl
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Two new records of gilled mushrooms of the genus Amanita (Agaricales: Amanitaceae) from India
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020 Two new records of Amanita constricta and Amanita velosa from India are reported for the first time from sal Shorea robusta forest of central India. Earlier Amanita constricta was reported from USA and Canada, while A.
R.K. Verma, V. Pandro, G. Rajeshwar Rao
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Recent advances in exploring physiology and biodiversity of ectomycorrhizas highlight the functioning of these symbioses in ecosystems [PDF]
, 2000 Ectomycorrhizas, the dominating mycorrhizal symbiosis in boreal, temperate and some tropical forests, are formed by 5000-6000 species of the asco- and basidiomycetes.
Buscot, François +5 more
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