October 20th, 2009, 10:36 AM
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Mushroom Poisoning : The Role of Careless Identifications
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October 20th, 2009, 11:43 AM
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Re: Mushroom Poisoning : The Role of Careless Identifications
Told to me by a friend with long experience.
There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters - but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.
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October 20th, 2009, 03:51 PM
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Durgan Brantford, ON Zone 5b
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Re: Mushroom Poisoning : The Role of Careless Identifications
I pick mushroom with caveats.
I know about five that I eat, and even then I am careful
I know several of the poisonous mushrooms.
Most mushrooms encountered, I cannot identify. Generally I am referring to the individual mushrooms in insufficient quantities to bother with even if edible. Usually I try to get a rough identification using Barron's field Guide.
Anybody picking mushrooms for ingesting, without some knowledge probably has a screw loose.
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October 21st, 2009, 09:56 AM
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Re: Mushroom Poisoning : The Role of Careless Identifications
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October 24th, 2009, 12:30 PM
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Re: Mushroom Poisoning : The Role of Careless Identifications
Having just recently consumed the Non-ringed Honey Mushroom...with very uncomfortable digestive results....I can relate to this article. I have eaten this mushroom last year with no bad results, but this year? Not the same luck.
No chance I mistook it for something else....but....no doubt it left me with a very uncomfortable 24 hours after digestion.
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October 27th, 2009, 02:14 AM
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Re: Mushroom Poisoning : The Role of Careless Identifications
As far as I know, I never pick up mushrooms in wild becasue I can not determine them completely and it is dangerous. If your needs mushroom you can purchase on the stores and malls where they are controlled and conserved. I like mushroom a lot and I gro them in the garden but just for fun and researches, not for eating. I feel so sorry for those who got poisoned and in my counbtry I know many cases who accidentally got poison from mushrooms and passed way.
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