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During my travels through Eastern Europe in the late 70's, I was able to go to Ukraine through Poland by train (quite the adventure). As it would happen, I fond
by hourislate 6y ago
During my travels through Eastern Europe in the late 70's, I was able to go to Ukraine through Poland by train (quite the adventure). As it would happen, I fondly remember eating a large bowl of wild Mushrooms in a village (Ternopil Oblast)and asking the host if it was safe. Everyone laughed nervously and kept eating.
Good times....good times.....
- unsigner 6y agoJust last year a distant-friend family, elderly husband and wife, died after eating what they had picked, after a lifetime of picking mushrooms; their son got away with weeks in the hospital and some organ damage. The danger is real. (Southeast Europe; they say the poisonous species are fewer and less poisonous the further north you go.)
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoIn France, most pharmacists have the knowledge to ID toxic vs edible mushrooms. After foraging, people can take baskets of mushrooms to the pharamacy window and they will sort it out for you.
- unsigner 6y agoIt is widely believed around here that one toxic mushroom is reason enough to throw away the entire basket.
- unhammer 6y agoWeeell, there may be fewer, but the poisonous ones are also different (there have been reports of tourists from Southern Europe coming to Norway and picking the wrong things)
- pmoriarty 6y agoI remember reading of a mushroom expert who wound up needing a new liver because he misidentified some mushrooms. If it can happen to the experts it can happen to me, so I generally steer clear of wild mushrooms. However, if you are going to eat wild mushrooms, it's better to trust the experts than the non-experts, who get poisoned much more frequently.