Advances in Poisonous Mushrooms and Their Toxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 258
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mushroom toxins; rapid detection methods; food toxicolgy and nutrition
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Dear Colleagues,
Picking and eating wild mushrooms have gained popularity in recent years. Discrimination between edible and poisonous mushrooms is difficult because of their extremely similar morphologies. Consequently, mushroom poisoning incidents have been widely reported, and they are also becoming serious food safety and public health issues worldwide. Currently, more than 1200 poisonous mushrooms have been discovered worldwide along with > 100 mushroom toxins reported. These mushroom toxins have significant differences in chemical structures and show distinct toxicities or activities. They cause gastrointestinal symptoms, neurological symptoms, allergic reactions, hemolysis symptoms, and liver and kidney damage, further leading to high morbidity and mortality. Nonetheless, there are still a large number of poisonous mushrooms and toxins that have not been fully investigated. Moreover, limited research on detection methods, toxicology evaluation and treatment measures is available for a limited number of mushroom toxins. Numerous poisonous mushrooms and their toxins remain unknown. The purpose of this Special Issue will be to focus on the recent advances in poisonous mushrooms and their toxins, including (but not limited to) poisonous mushroom classification, mushroom poisoning investigation, discovery of mushroom toxins, detection methods, metabolism, toxicity mechanisms, and treatment measures. Original research papers and reviews describing novel concepts and findings in this field are welcome.
Dr. Zhiyong Zhao
Dr. Haijiao Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- poisonous mushroom
- mushroom toxins
- mushroom poisoning
- detection methods
- metabolism and toxicity mecha-nism
- control strategies
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