The Cyclic Peptide Toxins of Amanita and Other Poisonous Mushrooms

• Main Author: Walton, Jonathan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Mycology.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; Plant physiology.; Plant genetics.; Plant pathology.; Plant Anatomy/Development.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Pathology.

Poisonous mushrooms have fascinated scientists and laypersons alike for thousands of years. Almost all mushroom fatalities are due to the genus Amanita, whose poetic common names (death cap, destroying angel) attest to their lethality. In his classic 1986 book, Theodor Wieland covered the state of o...