Medium Cut-Off Membrane Can Be a New Treatment Tool in Amanita phalloides Poisoning.

Mushroom poisoning is a common health problem that can be seen seasonally and geographically. Most mushroom poisoning requiring treatment worldwide is due to Amanita phalloides. Although liver failure and kidney injury are frequent, poisoning can also lead to more serious clinical situations, such as shock, pancreatitis, encephalopathic coma, cardiac failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and may cause death.

Boron contents of some wild-growing mushrooms collected from the vicinity of boron mines in Balikesir, Turkey.

The aim of the study was to determine the boron contents of some wild-growing mushrooms collected from the vicinity of several boron mines located in Balikesir, Turkey and compare the boron contents of some mushroom and soil samples. The locations of the mushroom samples collected were within the distance of 0-100, 100-500, and 500-1,000 m to the mines. Soil samples were taken from beneath randomly selected fungal fruit bodies.

Morchella anatolica (Ascomycota), a new species from southwestern Anatolia, Turkey.

Morchella anatolica (Ascomycota, Pezizales, Morchellaceae), a new species collected from pine forest of southwestern Anatolia, Turkey, is described and illustrated.

Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Russula delica Fr.

Russula delica Fr. is a well known macrofungi which is used as a food in Turkey. The ethanolic extract of R.

New records of macrofungi from Turkey.

This taxonomic study is based on macrofungi collected Babadağ District (Denizli) in the period 2005-2006. As a result of field and laboratory studies, five new records are presented. These species are Leptopodia elastica, Entoloma incarnatofuscescens, Geastrum minimum, Hygrophorus speciosus and Russula sororia.