Next Slide Slide 47. Tricholoma pardinum in some years causes a significant percentage of the poisonings reported in Europe. Between 15 minutes and two hours after a meal of this mushroom, victims experience violent illness marked by vomiting and diarrhea sometimes accompanied by malaise and dizziness.
Full recovery takes up to a week.
The cause is unknown. Tricholoma venenatum , a very similar species is also reported to cause significant gastric distress.