Multiple choice

Assertion (A): Toad stools are brightly coloured but potentially toxic and not edible. Reasoning (R): Death angel, Amanita phaloides causes 90% of fatalities attributed to mushroom poisoning.

  1. Both Assertion and Reasoning are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. Both Assertion and Reasoning are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true and R is false.

  4. Both A and R are false.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Phalloide is one of the most poisonous of all known toadstools. It has been involved in the majority of human deaths from mushrooms. The principal toxic constituent is alpha amanitin which damages the liver and kidneys often fatally.

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