Poisonous Plants

Links to information about poisonous plants and mushrooms, and how to identify them.

Reviewed May 2008

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Title:   Magic mushrooms
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some mushrooms that grow in Australia contain a hallucinogenic chemical called Psilocybin. These are commonly called 'magic mushrooms'.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Fungi poisoning
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   There is no home test that can distinguish between edible and poisonous varieties of wild fungi. The only way to tell whether a mushroom is safe to eat is to know how to identify it.
Date:   Feb 2008
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 poisoning
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Plants and mushrooms (fungi) poisonous to people in Queensland
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   This section of the website contains descriptions and photos of a number of plants and fungi (mushrooms and toadstools) that can be poisonous to people.
Date:   Sep 2005
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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