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I need to know what mushrooms are edible, and which are poisonous... Can you help?

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I need alot of information about mushrooms...

I already know one, the fly amanita, which is poisonnus, and which my grandma ate and almost died but is okay now. :)

I'm going mushroom picking. Heehee.

And I don't want to end up like her,

Remember, NEVER EAT THIS:

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  1. You're treading dangerous waters, man.  You'll need a very good mushroom field guide at the least, but I'd recommend going mushroom hunting with an experienced mycologist.  I believe the mushroom you're talking about is the Fly Agaric/Amanita Muscaria.  That mushroom isn't poisonous (actually, it's hallucinogenic), but there are many that look just like it that are.  That's why it's so important to really know your stuff because it is very easy to mix up edible and poisonous mushrooms.  If you really want a certain type of mushrooms, you can also consider growing them.  You can buy spores from a respectable source online and then either grow them indoors or out.


  2. If you eat wild mushrooms, only eat the ones that a very old mushroom hunter (hopefully with a MS or  Ph.D. in mycology) finds with you and is willing to eat also.  By very old, I mean a mushroom hunter in his or her 50s, 60s or 70s or older.  Definitely don't trust anyone under 30.  You are gambling with someone on their 30s or 40s.

    Some poisonous mushrooms do not show symptoms until 1 or 2 weeks after you eat them--then it is too late and your kidneys are destroyed.

    Check out these sites.

    http://www.sph.umich.edu/~kwcee/mpcr/ide...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_po...

  3. do not try to eat anything!!! you should focus on finding out which mushroom are edable first, to do this you should find a local guide on mushrooms. and if your looking for drugs you should be ashamed.

  4. I think the best answer to your question is discussed in the following link:

    http://au.answers.yahoo.com/answers2/fro...

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