Snakes haul back potentially poisonous fungus (9)

Independent Cryptic #10927 | 30 Across | 2021-10-20
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

TOADS (toad = snake = slang for an unpleasant or untrustworthy person), then LOOT (haul = winnings) reversed (back). Toadstool = an inedible mushroom, potentially a poisonous one, though there isn’t a clear distinction; not all toadstools are poisonous, and some nasty ones may still be called mushrooms.

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