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Just 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 a
by unsigner 6y ago
Just 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)