Talk:Trichoderma cornu-damae

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A fact from Trichoderma cornu-damae appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Podostroma cornu-damae can shrink your brain, make your skin fall off, cause you to speak and move abnormally and kill you?

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Toxins can be absorbed through the skin.

Apparently this fungus is dangerous to touch too. There's a news story right now of them being found in Australia and it says the toxins can be absorbed through your skin.--Lerdthenerd wiki defender 11:06, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently this is debatable see this translated article which says that people have touched the fungus without any skin irritation Hemiauchenia (talk) 17:47, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]