ASK NEIL ANYTHING: Why do deadly mushrooms exist?

In light of the recent case of suspected mushroom poisoning listeners have asked Neil Mitchell’s ‘Ask Neil Anything’ segment: why do these deadly variants exist?

Neil took a guess that the mushrooms evolved to protect themselves.

Senior botanist and mycologist at the State Herbarium of South Australia Dr Teresa Lebel says “fungi… produce an amazing array of chemicals for all kind of purposes”.
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