Poisonous Plants

Follow the links below to find information about poisonous plants and mushrooms, and how to identify them.

Reviewed August 2011

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Title:   Fungi poisoning
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Fungi can be poisonous. If eaten, poisonous fungi or mushrooms can cause hallucinations, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea. Some can even cause liver failure and death. No home test can distinguish between edible and poisonous varieties of wild fungi. The only way to tell whether a mushroom is safe to eat is to have it identified by a mushroom expert (mycologist). Babies, toddlers and children should not eat any type of mushroom found in a park or garden.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Magic mushrooms
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some mushrooms that grow in Australia contain a chemical called psilocybin. These are commonly called 'magic mushrooms', and they can alter the senses and perceptions of the person who eats them.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Dangerous plants
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A checklist of plants that are dangerous to young children; ways to recognise them and avoid the risk of children eating poisonous plants.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Deathcap mushrooms - warning
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Deathcap mushrooms now grow in Australia. They are thought to have been imported inadvertently from the USA attached to the roots of oak trees. Deathcaps are found mainly in the Australian Capital Territory, but are spreading and have been reported in Victoria.
Date:   Jan 2000

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