California health officials issue warning against mushrooms poisoning outbreak

[SoCalZone10]

1 killed, more than 20 poisoned by death cap mushrooms in California, officials say


I eat a lot of mushrooms but only store bought, much safer that way. Do you forage?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I don't have a subscription for it, so can't read the article

But I have foraged and love the ones I know and that can't be mixed up with poisonous ones.

 

[SoCalZone10]

I don't have a subscription for it, so can't read the article

But I have foraged and love the ones I know and that can't be mixed up with poisonous ones.

I don't have subscription either, but I replaced the NYTimes link with abcnews.
When I was living in the Bay area, there’s always someone died of dead cap mushrooms every year, I’m very surprised people have not learned about this deadly poison.

 

[badjak]

We used to look for mushrooms when I was a kid. Just a couple of types that were easy to identify. I think the the English name is cep and one that looks like it. We call them squirell bread

 

[Barriehie]

I don't forage. I've thought about it but not being an expert in mushroom identification thought it would be rather stupid...

 

[Morning Glory]

I can view this. It looks like a very innocent mushroom.

 

[karadekoolaid]

Never foraged for mushrooms, but if I were to do so, I'd make sure I was with an expert before I made the attempt!

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Survival of the.. not completely daft?

 

[karadekoolaid]

Survival of the.. not completely daft?

Yep, agree. In that situation, there's not mushroom for error.

(Takes coat, exit stage left)

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Survival of the.. not completely daft?

The Darwin Awards did spring to my mind immediately.

 

[Z-Cook]

1 killed, more than 20 poisoned by death cap mushrooms in California, officials say

Happens everywhere every year regular as clockwork, same as hikers falling off trails at the edge of the Grand Canyon

I eat a lot of mushrooms but only store bought, much safer that way. Do you forage?

Since Day 1. I come from a family of serious mushroom hunters. There are rules to follow and ignored at your peril.
Never eat a mushroom that you are not absolutely 100% certain of.

First, learn the commonly found edible mushrooms and how to identify them with and from someone who knows them.

Certain mushrooms like Ceps or Porcini (Boletus Edulis) or chanterelles for example are hard to get wrong once you know them

 

[badjak]

Certain mushrooms like Ceps or Porcini (Boletus Edulis) or chanterelles for example are hard to get wrong once you know them

Those are the ones we hunted for.
Chanterelles were becoming rare, so we stopped taking them

 

[JAS_OH1]

I don't forage. I've thought about it but not being an expert in mushroom identification thought it would be rather stupid...

The only mushroom I ever foraged for grew out of cow manure and I was quite certain what they were. I had checked out a book on mushrooms from the school library as a teenager that had illustrations!