Question

Is Basidiomycota toxic?

Answer 1

Basidiomycota:

1. Basidiomycota includes bracket fungi and mushrooms that belong to the kingdom of Fungi.
2. Few basidiomycetes are toxic. They cause several diseases.

Example of toxic Basidiomycota:

1. Some species contain a toxin named amatoxins that cause headache, dizziness, breathing difficulties, liver and kidney failure, etc.
2. Example: Amanita phalloides, Galerina marginata, Lepiota josserandii.
3. Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcal meningitis and pulmonary cryptococcosis (lung infection).