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Phallotoxins

Amanita mushrooms contain amatoxins and phallotoxins, cyclic peptides, which make these mushrooms poisonous. Amatoxins and phallotoxins affects the liver.

Phallotoxins

(National Academy of Sciences. Toxicants Occurring Naturally In Foods, 1973, p. 122)