Toxic Collection

Fly agaric mushrooms (Amanita muscaria), artwork. This mushroom is powerfully hallucinogenic, containing the drugs ibotenic acid and muscimol

Hellebore flowers (Helleborus sp.). This plant is poisonous, but preparations made from it have been used in herbal medicine for centuries

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Picture No. 10750866
Dyeing Poison Dart Frog Blue Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius azureus) Date:

EDTA crystals, light micrograph
EDTA crystals. Polarised light micrograph of a section through ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) crystals. EDTA is used primarily for its effectiveness at binding metal ions (chelating)

Botanik Digitalis purpurea L. Fingerhut 160: 1
Foxglove leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a section through a leaf from a foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) plant, showing its hairs (trichomes)

Red-banded Poison Frog on bromeliad Cauca, Colombia
MAR-106 Red-banded Poison Arrow / Dart Frog on bromeliad Cauca, Colombia Oophaga lehmanni Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Lionfish (Pterois volitans). This fish has poisonous spines in its fins. The sting is extremely painful, but is unlikely to be fatal to a human. Photographed in Irian Jaya, Indonesia

Lionfish on a reef
Lionfish (Pterois volitans) hunting smaller fish on a coral reef. The lionfish is a predator, often hunting in groups. It uses its widespread fins to force prey, mostly smaller fish

Delphinium flowers
Delphinium (Delphinium Blue Indulgence ) flowers

Microcystis blue-green alga
Blue-green algae. Coloured transmission electron micrograph of a single cell of the blue-green algae Microcystis aeruginosa (also known as Anacystis cyanea)

Poisonous Plants
Water Hemlock (Cicuta Virosa); Conium Maculatum; Digitalis Purpurea; Cypress Spurge (Euphorbia Cyparissias); Pasque Flower (Anemone Pulsatilla); Autumn Crocus

Hellebore flowers (Helleborus sp.). This plant is poisonous, but preparations made from it have been used in herbal medicine for centuries

Picture No. 10752424
Deadly nightshade with berries (Atropa belladonna) Date:

Picture No. 10751572
Golden Poison Arrow / Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) Date:

Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Dinoflagellate plankton, SEM
Dinoflagellate plankton. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the calcareous (calcium-based) test (shell) of a dinoflagellate Calciodinellum sp

Poison Arrow Frog - in Bromeliad. Bolivar States - Venezuela
WAT-12177 Poison Arrow / Dart Frog - in Bromeliad. Bolivar States - Venezuela Dendrobates leucomela M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red Snapper - showing teeth - Fiji
VT-8929 Red Snapper - showing teeth Fiji Lujianus bohar Toxic Very aggressive. Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Blue Poison Dart Frog Southern Surinam
KEL-324 Blue Poison Arrow / Poison Dart Frog Southern Surinam Dendrobates azureus Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Golden Mantella Frog Rainforests of Madagascar
KEL-336 Golden MANTELLA FROG - Orange Rainforests of Madagscar Mantella aurantiaca Ken Lucas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Giant Hogweed
ME-677 Giant Hogweed Heracieum mantegazzianum Hogweed is a phototoxic plant. Its clear watery sap sensitizes skin to ultraviolet radiation

Fungus, Fly Agaric - detailed study of cap, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-2404 Fungus, Fly Agaric - detailed study of cap Lower Saxony, Germany Amanita muscaria Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Fly Agaric Fungi
USH-1139 FUNGI - Fly Agaric Agaric muscaria Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Petaled Nudibranch - The petals which can be realised if disturbed contain a noxious viscous mucus Great barrier Reef
VT-8357 Petaled Nudibranch - The petals, if disturbed, can release a noxious viscous mucus Great barrier Reef. Australia Cyerce nigricans Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal

Common Poisonous Plants, c. 1890 (coloured engraving)
KW417935 Common Poisonous Plants, c.1890 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: illustration from The Household Physician by J McGregor Robertson)

Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus). School of juvenile striped eel catfish. These catfish have highly venomous spines and can reach up to 32 centimetres in length

Salmonella culture
MODEL RELEASED. Salmonella culture. Microbiologist holding a petri dish containing a culture of Salmonella sp. bacteria. These bacteria are the cause of salmonellosis (food poisoning) in humans

Aflatoxin, molecular model. Atoms are represented as spheres and are colour-coded: carbon (grey), hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red)

Cholera bacteria, artwork
Cholera bacteria. Artwork of Vibrio cholerae bacteria in the small intestine. These Gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria have a single polar flagellum (tail-like structure)

Cholera toxin, molecular model
Cholera toxin. Molecular model of the secondary structure of cholera enterotoxin (intestinal toxin). The molecule consists of two subunits, A (top) and B (bottom)

Henbane (Hyoscamus niger). Dorset
ROG-12686 Henbane Dorset, UK Hyoscamus niger Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Black-saddled Puffer - Indonesia
VT-8980 Black-saddled Puffer Indonesia Canthigaster valentini Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Hemlock
APP-2749 HEMLOCK Conium maculatum Allen Paterson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Fungus, Fly Agaric - growing in coniferous woodland, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-2403 Fungus, Fly Agaric - growing in coniferous woodland Lower Saxony, Germany Amanita muscaria Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Victorian Wallpaper - in popular emerald green - which contained poisonous arsenic. William Morris, famed for his wallpaper designs

An engraving depicting the United Asbestos Co's Harefield Mills, near London, 19th century
5310729 An engraving depicting the United Asbestos Co's Harefield Mills, near London, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1887); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica
5855053 Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica; (add.info.: Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. Handcoloured botanical illustration engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans
5855129 Poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans; (add.info.: Poison ivy, Toxicodendron radicans. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Sea squill, Drimia maritima
5855124 Sea squill, Drimia maritima; (add.info.: Sea squill, Drimia maritima. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn by G)

Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, Syngnatus sphidion, trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus 2, snake pipefish
FLO4652705 Broadnosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle 1, Syngnatus sphidion, trumpetfish, Aulostomus maculatus 2, snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus Sygnatus aequorens 3, tropical fish species 4,5

Calabar bean or ordeal bean. Physostigma venenosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr
FLO4563577 Calabar bean or ordeal bean. Physostigma venenosum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus' Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Jimsonweed or Devil's snare, Datura stramonium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr
FLO4563523 Jimsonweed or Devil's snare, Datura stramonium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus' Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Lie-bane or stavesacre, Delphinium staphisagria (Delphinium staphysagria)
FLO4638282 Lie-bane or stavesacre, Delphinium staphisagria (Delphinium staphysagria). Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamilton's Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere

Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria. Poisonous mushroom and psychoactive fungi. Chromolithograph after a botanical
FLO4633697 Fly agaric, Amanita muscaria. Poisonous mushroom and psychoactive fungi. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our Edible Toadstools

Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr
FLO4563500 Deadly nightshade, Atropa belladonna. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus' Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr
FLO4563409 Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus' Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

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"Toxic: A World of Hidden Dangers Unveiled" In a world teeming with beauty, there lies an intricate web of toxicity that often goes unnoticed. Picture No. 10750866 captures the enigmatic allure of fly agaric mushrooms, their vibrant red caps hiding a deadly secret within. These poisonous plants serve as a reminder that appearances can be deceiving. EDTA crystals, revealed through a light micrograph, showcase another facet of toxicity lurking in unexpected places. This compound, though useful in certain applications, reminds us that even seemingly harmless substances can have harmful effects if mishandled. The Red-banded Poison Frog perched on a bromeliad in Cauca, Colombia exemplifies nature's delicate balance between beauty and danger. Its vivid colors warn potential predators of its toxic skin secretions - an ingenious defense mechanism developed over time. Botanik Digitalis purpurea L. , commonly known as Fingerhut or Foxglove flowers (Picture 160:1), captivate with their elegant appearance while concealing potent cardiac glycosides within their petals – nature's way to protect itself from herbivores. Lionfish gracefully glide across coral reefs but bear venomous spines as their armor against threats. Their striking presence serves as both cautionary tale and testament to the dangers hidden beneath the waves. Delphinium flowers enchant with their tall spikes adorned by vibrant blooms; yet these alluring blossoms hold alkaloids capable of causing harm if ingested without caution. Microcystis blue-green alga floats silently on still waters, its deceptive tranquility masking the production of toxins harmful to aquatic life and humans alike – reminding us that even serene environments may harbor unseen dangers. Liquid mercury contained within glass bottles reflects our fascination with elements that possess both mesmerizing beauty and hazardous properties when improperly handled or released into the environment. This captivating collection showcases diverse facets of toxicity found throughout nature.