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. 2019 May 31;68(21):483-484.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6821a4.

Notes from the Field: Acute Intoxications from Consumption of Amanita muscaria Mushrooms - Minnesota, 2018

Joanne Taylor, Stacy Holzbauer, Danushka Wanduragala, Alexander Ivaskovic, Ron Spinosa, Kirk Smith, Justin Corcoran, Ashley Jensen

Notes from the Field: Acute Intoxications from Consumption of Amanita muscaria Mushrooms - Minnesota, 2018

Joanne Taylor et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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An Amanita muscaria var. guessowii mushroom collected from the location where the patient reported collecting the mushrooms that resulted in intoxication following consumption — Minnesota, October 2018 Photo / Minnesota Mycological Society
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