Deadly galerina, Galerina marginata, also called the funeral bell, is an extremely poisonous mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae, with a small brown to yellow-brown cap one to six centimeters across, brownish gills and a thin membranous ring on the stem that makes it easy to mistake for edible species. It grows on decaying conifer wood across the Northern Hemisphere, Europe and Australia, and contains the same lethal amatoxins found in the death cap, which shut down RNA polymerase II in liver cells and can cause fatal liver and kidney failure within a week if untreated.
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1. Wikipedia: Galerina marginata
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q248829 (P225 taxon name)
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G. marginata is a wood-rotting fungus that grows predominantly on decaying conifer wood.
Article text: "Galerina marginata, known colloquially as funera"
Galerina marginata, known colloquially as funeral bell, deadly skullcap, autumn skullcap or deadly galerina, is a species of extremely poisonous mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae of the order Agaricales.
In Biome: Boreal Forest, Habitat and distribution
In North America, it has been collected as far north as the boreal forest of Canada and subarctic and arctic habitats in Labrador, and south to Jalisco, Mexico.
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Galerina marginata
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"roundedGRank": "GNR"
View the Source 4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Galerina marginata
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8118872, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 8118872, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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Wikidata: Deadly Galerina
Child Taxon Of: Agaricales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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