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I'm in England, but there are death caps in Australia, which unfortunately were introduced along with oak trees. You need an identification guide for your area
by DonaldFisk 10y ago
I'm in England, but there are death caps in Australia, which unfortunately were introduced along with oak trees.
You need an identification guide for your area (Tasmania, or perhaps all of Australia). Unless you can safely identify the species, you cannot be sure it is safe to eat, and should discard it. Identification is usually done using a dichotomous key, which involves checking for the presence or absence of a characteristic (which involves understanding some jargon), then another, until you're down to genus level. Then you check visually to identify the species. It's a bit like an expert system, except printed in a book.
In some countries in continental Europe, you can take wild mushrooms to a pharmacist for identification.
- mattnumbe 10y agoMore than an identification guide, you need an experienced friend or someone who knows what they're doing. There are way too many poisonous mushrooms that look like edible ones (death cap/inky cap).
- DonaldFisk 10y ago> More than an identification guide ... Better than just an identification guide ...