Meixner Test
- Squeeze a drop of juice from the mushroom onto absorbent, high lignin content paper (newspaper). Stool or gastric sample should be diluted with methanol, spun and filtered.
- Mark the perimeter of the spot with a pencil
- Dry the spot
- Add 2 drops of concentrated hydrochloric acid to the area.
- If the paper goes blue it indicates the presence of amatoxins. A control drop of acid can be added to another area of the paper.
- The reaction may take up to 20 minutes for trace amounts of toxins