Who was Nicholas Evans?
Nicholas Evans was a British novelist and the author of “The Horse Whisperer.” He notoriously accidentaly ingested “lethal webcaps” Cortinarius Rubellus containing Orellanine while visiting family in Northern Scottland. He and family members, suffered ESRD from ATN and underwent kidney transplant.
https://bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e526, https://naturespoisons.com/2014/04/08/orellanine-kidney-failure-by-mushroom/
Contributed by: N Nacca
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