From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:48:40 -0600, Robert Chehey   
    wrote:   
      
   >The reports of "Mutation were the invention of yellow jounalism"   
   >   
   >Here is the straight poop from ProMed:   
   >MUSHROOM POISONING, FATAL - MEXICO (CHIAPAS)   
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   >A ProMED-mail posting   
   >   
   >ProMED-mail, a program of the   
   >International Society for Infectious Diseases   
   >   
   >   
   >Date: 5 Aug 2006   
   >From: Maria Compte    
   >Source: Mexican Institute of Public Health; Chiapas Health   
   >Secretariat; EFE   
   >News Agency, and online editions of El Sol de Mexico, TabascoHoy.com   
   >[translated, edited]   
   >   
   >   
   >As of Fri 4 Aug 2006, 9 people from 2 related native families from the   
   >Tzotzil ethnic group died after a family gathering where they ate   
   >poisonous   
   >mushrooms of the _Amanita virosa_ and/or _Amanita verna_ [either of   
   >these   
   >may be commonly known as death cap or destroying angel] species.   
   ........   
      
   Thanks for this posting! It's what most of us suspected, I guess?   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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