Talk:Amanita virosa

A fact from Amanita virosa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 November 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the highly toxic all-white toadstool Amanita virosa, one of several species known as the destroying angel, can be confused with the common mushroom when young?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/November.

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Antidote[edit]

The page now lists a milk thistle compound as an antidote. I've read that this helped reduce damage and allow some recovery for patients, but I did not get the impression that it was a fullworthy antidote. Do people have a reference with more details? Amaurea (talk) 19:33, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

PMID 17213517, PMID 18334810, and PMID 20564545 are review articles that discuss its use in treating Amanita poisoning. Sasata (talk) 19:45, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]