Scientists just discovered a scary new fact about the most dangerous mushroom in the world.
are formed when a mushroom replicates its own set of chromosomes into two identical packages. Whereas sexual spores are formed when two different parents each gift a set of their chromosomes to their offspring., depending on the circumstances, but until this recent finding, no one knew that the death cap was one of them.
When a mushroom's spore lands on a healthy surface, it germinates and begins fruiting. In this way, asexual spores can spread individual mushrooms far and wide, without the need for a mating partner or genetically different offspring. According to theoretical models, this suggests individual death caps could persist through the years by replicating themselves until they find another death cap to mate with.
Half a mushroom cap is all that is needed to kill a person. Without medical intervention, symptoms can occur as soon as six hours after ingesting a fruiting body, with liver failure potentially following soon after.
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