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My wife has been reading a book on mushroom foraging. This section on different types of mushroom poisoning was particularly terrifying. Trichothecenes, sympto
by burticlies 5y ago
My wife has been reading a book on mushroom foraging. This section on different types of mushroom poisoning was particularly terrifying.
Trichothecenes, symptoms: Multi-organ failure, which can commence soon after exposure (such as through drinking an infusion), particularly bone marrow failure and lamellar desquamation (shredding and reddening) of palms, soles of feet and face. Death may occur.
- klipt 5y ago"There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters" "Any wild mushroom can be eaten - once." I limit my foraging to the mushroom section of the grocery store.
- bdamm 5y agoAgaricus Bisporus is indeed universally safe, and comes in large, small, brown and white varieties. The variety of flavors and textures that awaits the slightly more adventurous is a delight!
- klipt 5y agoThere are also other tasty cultivated mushrooms like shiitake! More expensive (at least in the US), but much cheaper than a visit to the emergency room after eating a dangerous wild mushroom...