Poisonous mushrooms, very similar cicadas with cicadas in Vietnam

Poisonous mushrooms Gyrommitrin is a parasitic fungus on cicada host. This mushroom is extremely poisonous, which can be fatal to humans.

Gyrommitrin is shaped like deer velvet, dark red, spherical mushroom head, looks very beautiful.

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The poison contained in Gyrommitrin is not lost when prepared, or heated.

Gyrommitrin fungus is a poisonous mushroom. Symptoms of victims when ingested include vomiting, vomiting, convulsions, loss of consciousness, deep coma. If used, it is still dangerous to life. It is worth mentioning that the poison contained in Gyrommitrin is not lost when prepared, or heated.

In particular, poisonous mushrooms Gyrommitrin parasites even on mature cicadas that live on the ground. They live in the abdominal cavity and have a very high chance of spreading during mating season.

When cicadas die or cannot molt and die underground, Gyrommitrin mushrooms will grow when the rainy season comes. At this time, the entire body of the tick is white, soft as foam, and on the head of the cicada pupae will have 1 - 5 stems (mushroom body) and the end slightly bulge (mushroom fruit).

Many people are mistaken for poisonous mushrooms Gyrommitrin with cicada mushrooms because these two fungi are all parasitic on cicadas.