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3. MUSHROOM

Mushrooms are one of the fungi that can be

eaten. For example button mushroom and oyster

mushroom. However, some of the mushroom can

cause food poisoning such as Amanita phalloides

and Amanita muscaria. Poison produced by

Amanita muscaria can attack the nervous

system. This mushroom can produce toxin that

destroy our liver and cause death. The symptoms

are headache and nausea.