The boy who ate poisonous mushrooms by mistake in Shandong died. Why is a mushroom so deadly?

Don't underestimate poisonous mushrooms. There are more than 1, kinds of poisonous mushrooms in the world, and there are more than 43 kinds in China. The mortality rate of some poisonous mushrooms is as high as 9%; Some can cause hallucinations in lilliputian countries; Some will cause mental abnormalities, such as dancing and singing, crying and laughing, etc. Some cause diarrhea and vomiting; Some cause acute hemolysis.

poisonous mushrooms, also known as poisonous mushrooms, poisonous fungi, etc., refer to the species in which the fruiting bodies of large fungi produce toxic reactions to people or livestock and poultry after eating. Some characteristics of poisonous mushrooms and wild edible mushrooms are sometimes very similar, so they are easy to be confused in the wild mixed situation, which leads to ingestion poisoning by eaters. Since humans began to pick and eat mushrooms, poisonous mushroom poisoning incidents have been staged continuously. Until today, even with the development of science and medical technology, such incidents still occur from time to time. From 1994 to 22, there were 65 cases of poisonous mushroom poisoning in Hunan Province, with 67 people poisoned and 155 people killed. From May to July, 23, there were 21 cases of poisonous mushroom poisoning in Yunnan Province, and more than 24 people were poisoned.

Poisonous mushrooms are widely distributed in nature. They grow in forests, grasslands, hills, plains and roadsides, and are often seen on decaying trees and humus in parks or boulevards. In summer and autumn, after rain, mushrooms grow in large numbers. Poisonous mushrooms contain all kinds of chemical components, and the toxic substances contained are very complicated, and many of them have not been studied clearly now. A toxin may exist in a variety of poisonous mushrooms, and a poisonous mushroom often contains a variety of toxic substances; There may be complex chemical changes between these toxic substances, some toxins may be antagonistic to each other, and some may cooperate and transform with each other; The amount of toxins contained in poisonous mushrooms may be different due to the influence of growth time, growth area and season.

In August and September, 21, there were many poisonous mushroom poisoning incidents involving thousands of people in Yongxiu, Jiangxi Province. In these incidents, some mushrooms that caused poisoning did not cause adverse reactions when they were eaten before, such as sesame mushroom, mung bean mushroom and Pleurotus ostreatus, which were often eaten by local people. In previous years, these mushrooms mostly grew in April and May, but were not poisoned after being eaten by local people. In August and September of that year, due to the increase of rainy weather, a large number of wild mushrooms appeared on the mountain after the rain, that is, sesame mushrooms and mung bean mushrooms, which were picked by local people and eaten at home but caused poisoning.

For a long time, poisonous mushrooms have been a matter of great concern to people, and many experiences of identifying poisonous mushrooms have been circulated among the people, but these experiences are all passed on from mouth to mouth, and some statements are still not scientific. For example, people often say that bright-colored and beautiful-looking mushrooms are poisonous, but they are poisonous without maggots, and they have pungent smells such as fishy smell and spicy poison. After being cut, the color of mushrooms is poisonous, and silverware, ivory chopsticks, garlic and rice are used to turn black when cooking.

It's not easy to identify poisonous mushrooms, so it's best not to pick and eat unfamiliar mushrooms easily in the wild. If you do eat wild mushrooms and feel unwell, you should go to the hospital quickly and promptly.