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This picture shows the desquamation on the sole of the Case 1 patient.
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F1
A 64-year old man visited the emergency department with a 10-day history of fever, desquamation on his palms, soles and scalp (Fig. 1).
PMC3521283_02
Analysis of the remaining mushrooms by the agricultural microbiology team of the National Academy of Agricultural Science. Left clusters of mushrooms are Ganoderma lucidum, while the piece on the right (arrow) turned out to be Podostroma cornu-damae.
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F2
We asked the agricultural microbiology team of the National Academy of Agricultural Science in Korea to identify the patient's remaining mushrooms and found a piece of the poisonous mushroom Podostroma cornu-damae among samples of Ganoderma lucidum (Figs. 2 and 3).
This figure shows the spores of Podostroma cornu-damae (x100).
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F3
We asked the agricultural microbiology team of the National Academy of Agricultural Science in Korea to identify the patient's remaining mushrooms and found a piece of the poisonous mushroom Podostroma cornu-damae among samples of Ganoderma lucidum (Figs. 2 and 3).