title: [Increase of poisoning by tropical mushrooms in Japan in recent years].
abstract: A tropical poisonous mushroom, Chlorophyllum molybdites, invaded into Japan in recent years, and distributed in south-eastern and central part of Japan including 27 Prefectures in 2009; Gunma, Tochigi, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tokyo (including Bonin Islands), Chiba, Shizuoka, Ishikawa, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Wakayama, Hyogo, Tottori, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Kochi, Ohita, Kumamoto, Kagoshima and Okinawa. Poisoning by this fungus has increased recently (Table 2). Topics on distribution and poisoning by Russula subnigricans and Podostroma cornu-damae briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handayama 1-20-1, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-3192, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gonmori
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000502:physiology; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D057232:Global Warming; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D012206:Rhabdomyolysis / Q000209:etiology; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors