http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2008/09/03/mushrooms-without-fear/ A piecemeal investigation into the origins of our food Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:00:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2008/09/03/mushrooms-without-fear/comment-page-1/#comment-652 Hyde Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:13:47 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/?p=551#comment-652 My brother positively identified a non toxic mushroom. He then was severely ill after eating it cooked on toast - I mean diarrahoea, vomiting, blacking over, fever, seizures - nasty stuff. We took him to hospital where they assumed he misidentified it and treated him for amanita phalloides symptoms where we were all extremely scared and worried for him, potentially needing a liver transplant. Finally on day 3 they identified the remaining mushroom in a lab as non poisionous BUT having a very toxic bacterium on it. The moral of the story - there is no way to be 100% safe wild mushroom picking - BEWARE! My brother positively identified a non toxic mushroom. He then was severely ill after eating it cooked on toast – I mean diarrahoea, vomiting, blacking over, fever, seizures – nasty stuff. We took him to hospital where they assumed he misidentified it and treated him for amanita phalloides symptoms where we were all extremely scared and worried for him, potentially needing a liver transplant. Finally on day 3 they identified the remaining mushroom in a lab as non poisionous BUT having a very toxic bacterium on it. The moral of the story – there is no way to be 100% safe wild mushroom picking – BEWARE!

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