Comment on "Chemical and Toxicological Investigations of a Previously Unknown Poisonous European Mushroom Tricholoma terreum".

Recent findings casting doubts over the edibility of the European mushroom Tricholoma terreum are questioned on the basis of mycological and mycotoxicological considerations. Accordingly, T. terreum should remain listed among edible mushroom species.

[A rare case of acute renal failure related to amanita proxima ingestion].

Objective: The first cases of acute renal tubulopathy related to Amanita proxima poisoning were described in 1994; the mushroom contains a toxin responsible for the allenic-norleucine syndrome, characterised by a kidney damage that occur earlier than in Cortinarius orellanus poisoning and generally improve with complete resolution within ten days.

Case Report: A 45 years old woman was admitted to the hospital because of nausea, vomiting, and heartburn started the day before. Symptoms occurred eight hours after eating a single big wild mushroom; three friends who had the same meal were all asymptomatic.