Man died in Argentina for consuming poisonous mushrooms

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Amanita phalloides: Amanita phalloides, colloquially known as the "death fungus", is perhaps the deadliest of all, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Amatoxins in Amanita phalloides are responsible for 90% of fungal-related deaths in the world, says a 2019 article in the BC Medical Journal. This fungus caused the death of an Argentine this week. (Télam)

(CNN Spanish) - A 36-year-old man died in a hospital in the city of Córdoba after consuming poisonous wild mushrooms on January 22, Mario Sorbera, medical director of Sanatorio Allende, confirmed to CNN. He died this Tuesday.

The man had consumed the Amanita Phalloides mushrooms after picking them up from a field in the city of Santa Rosa de Calamuchita, about 96 kilometers from the city of Córdoba.

The state news agency Télam said that it is Iván Tarasconi, a native of Río Cuarto.

The victim was hospitalized since January 24 and according to the same hospital source died due to liver failure triggered by the consumption of these highly toxic fungi.

The doctor explained that they usually attend to these types of cases, although they do not end up being fatal. The fungus Amanita Phalloides causes a mortality “of 95% of the cases, according to what the biography says, it is one of the most poisonous fungi that exist,” Sorbera told Télam.

With information from Agustín Milic