Journal
MYCOLOGIA
Volume 102, Issue 4, Pages 763-765Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3852/09-131
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alpha-amanitin; Amanita; Basidiomycota; phallacidin; spores
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- St Lawrence University
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Even though amatoxins and phallotoxins have been well characterized in basidiocarps of Amanita species, to our knowledge no report of these toxins in spores of Amanitas has been published. Reversed phase HPLC was used to determine non-zero concentrations of a-amanitin (0.30 mg/g), and phallacidin (0.02 mg/g) in spores taken from white Amanita. sect. phalloideae species. We did not find significant amounts of phalloidin in Amanita spores. We also report concentrations of these toxins from pileus and stipe tissues that are similar to previously reported values, lending support to the hypothesis that toxin concentrations in spores are much less than in other basidiocarp tissues.
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