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- noun mycology A
mushroom of theagaric genusCortinarius , many of which are highlypoisonous .
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Examples
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He immediately identified the fungal culprit as a highly toxic variety, Cortinarius rubellus , or the deadly webcap, and advised doctors on how to treat Mr. Evans.
The Fungus Among Us Multiplies As Mycological Taxonomists Wither Gautam Naik 2011
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In August 2008, Evans, his wife, Charlotte, and Charlotte's brother and sister-in-law, suffered kidney failure as a result of eating deadly webcap mushrooms, which they mistook for harmless ceps.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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I'd be more worried about misidentifying a mushroom and poisoning myself, like the Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans, who mistook a deadly webcap for a cep and had to have a kidney transplant from his daughter.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Victoria Moore 2011
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He, his wife Charlotte, as well as Charlotte's brother and sister-in-law, had eaten the deadly webcap or Cortinarius speciosissimus, a mushroom that damages the liver, kidneys and spinal chord.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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No one noticed they were the deadly webcap, Cortinarius speciosissimus, a mushroom that damages the liver, kidneys and spinal cord.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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How to tell an edible mushroom from a dappled webcap The Guardian,
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How to tell an edible mushroom from a dappled webcap The Guardian,
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