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4. Mycology and you are so right. You really need to know what you're doing.

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3rd person dies from wild mushroom poisoning at Northern California senior care facility [View all] cali Nov 2012 OP

don't EVER pick mushrooms for food unless you have a Ph.D. in Mushroom_ology Liberal_in_LA Nov 2012 #1

Definitely wild mushrooms. Cleita Nov 2012 #3

Mycology and you are so right. You really need to know what you're doing. cali Nov 2012 #4

There are only 2 kinds of wild mushrooms I will eat--morels & fairy rings catbyte Nov 2012 #5

puffballs are good so are the bracket fungi on the trees. loli phabay Nov 2012 #19

Puffballs are the ones that will get you XemaSab Nov 2012 #20

I never pick them unless there are large ones near. they have a distinct odor too catbyte Nov 2012 #23

It's not that hard to tell the difference if you know what you are doing Major Nikon Nov 2012 #13

I was supposed to start mushroom hunting this fall.. opiate69 Nov 2012 #15

I've been with some help Major Nikon Nov 2012 #16

Oh yeah... opiate69 Nov 2012 #37

Oh, how awful. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2012 #2

The only wild mushrooms I'll eat are morels. They're unmistakable... Scuba Nov 2012 #6

In France, they sell all kinds of fungi fresh in street closeupready Nov 2012 #8

yes French are noted for their loose morels oldhippydude Nov 2012 #10

Oh yeah? Well a chanterelle walks into a bar, sits down and orders a drink. closeupready Nov 2012 #11

Good one. n/t tabasco Nov 2012 #26

False morels Major Nikon Nov 2012 #14

Looks nothing like a real morel. Scuba Nov 2012 #17

Better pictures Major Nikon Nov 2012 #18

The bottom pic is a morel; the top pic is something else.... Scuba Nov 2012 #21

It's that way with many different types of mushrooms Major Nikon Nov 2012 #22

I grew up eating false morels too and never got sick. Quite different, cap separate & catbyte Nov 2012 #33

Lots of people seem to be eating them with few detrimental effects Major Nikon Nov 2012 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author ElboRuum Nov 2012 #28

I love morels too BUT Berserker Nov 2012 #29

That looks like what my folks called a Beefsteak mushroom. Rarer than morels. Yum! catbyte Nov 2012 #34

Morels are Minnesota's state fungus! Odin2005 Nov 2012 #35

Great choice, like Wellstone or Franken!!! False morels would be Bachmann. Scuba Nov 2012 #40

All mushrooms are edible. Some only once. n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #7

tha'ts enough to anamtia myscaria oldhippydude Nov 2012 #9

Even experienced mushroom hunters die from eating the wrong kind. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #12

"The victim should be assured that the symptoms will pass." Earth_First Nov 2012 #25

I only did mushrooms once. It was weird, but yes, the symptoms did pass. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #30

There are old mushroom hunters, and bold mushroom hunters but there are no HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #31

I've heard that before and it's true. Mushroom toxins go straight for vital organs. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #32

Bleeding Tooth fungus JaneyVee Nov 2012 #24

I wouldn't go near that thing, lol catbyte Nov 2012 #36

That looks like something from DiverDave Nov 2012 #42

Why would anyone even THINK of doing this? ElboRuum Nov 2012 #27

I've found mushrooms in my yard that I was 95% sure were chantrelles Retrograde Nov 2012 #39

These where the only shrooms I would pick myself DiverDave Nov 2012 #41