Basidiomycota:
- Basidiomycota includes bracket fungi and mushrooms that belong to the kingdom of Fungi.
- Few basidiomycetes are toxic. They cause several diseases.
Example of toxic Basidiomycota:
- Some species contain a toxin named amatoxins that cause headache, dizziness, breathing difficulties, liver and kidney failure, etc.
- Example: Amanita phalloides, Galerina marginata, Lepiota josserandii.
- Cryptococcus neoformans causes cryptococcal meningitis and pulmonary cryptococcosis (lung infection).