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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 8 Oct 2016 10:21am
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We have quite a few of these at our cabin this weekend.
Are these mushroom safe to eat?
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naturelover66
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# Posted: 8 Oct 2016 04:41pm - Edited by: naturelover66
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No. I would never consume a wild mushroom. Too many are toxic... I wanna keep the liver i have.
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 8 Oct 2016 08:53pm - Edited by: bldginsp
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Experienced mushroom collectors claim that if you know what you are doing there is no chance of eating a poisonous one. Maybe so. But I wouldn't start eating mushrooms based on advice that comes from looking at photos.
Join your local mushroom club and learn from the members who have been doing this for years in your specific area with the species that grow there.
Some poisonous mushrooms look very similar to edible ones. 6000 people a year get sick due to mushroom misidentification. The following article has a lot of good info, one thing they say is that in the US there are increasing incidents of immigrants getting poisoned by mushrooms here that look like the species they ate back home.
http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/wild-mushrooms-what-to -eat-what-to-avoid
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Salty Craig
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# Posted: 9 Oct 2016 01:04pm
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naturelover66
You are missing out on the finer things in life. Are you opposed to the harvesting or do you not like mushrooms?
CabinBuilder
I'm no expert. Take the advise of a well seasoned mushroom eater. Take no advise from a novice.
Mushrooms are a delicacy from nature. If they do not have a milky colored juice then stay away. There's other rules but I don't know them all.
Be safe.
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RichInTheUSA
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2016 01:20pm
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All good advice above...
Before I eat wild foraged mushrooms (and I've only eaten Morels)... I check the facebook group "Mushroom Identification Forum" which has over 70K people in the group, with many active experts.
I also generally do a google search too based on the scientific name... can't be too careful.
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tfsimmons
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# Posted: 10 Oct 2016 04:01pm
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I love to collect and eat mushrooms, but consider myself a beginner.
I have reference books and use the internet and a few websites to help identify mushrooms I find. I am very careful to make a positive identification before I will taste a small bite of a new one. If all goes well, I will eat some more a day or two later.
But there are at least a half dozen edible mushrooms that are super easy to identify and once you know their properties, are very safe to recognize and harvest. But some edibles have poisonous look-a-likes too. I can recognize and eat seven or eight edible mushrooms now, but I always double check.
I have found edible mushrooms as well as deadly mushrooms (lookup Destroying Angel) in my own backyard lawn.
There is a saying:
"There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters. But there are no old, bold mushroom hunters."
Just get a book or two and go slow and it can be a lot of fun (and delicious).
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 13 Oct 2016 11:26pm - Edited by: KinAlberta
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Yesterdays news. Literally, yesterday:
3-year-old Victoria boy dies from poisonous 'death cap' mushroom
Boy was foraging for wild mushrooms with his family last week in downtown Victoria, say officials
By Lisa Johnson, CBC News Oct 12, 2016
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The death cap contains a number of toxins, including amatoxin, which are not destroyed by cooking.
"This is what makes this mushroom so … scary," said Stanwick. "Even if you cook it, it will still have the potential to be deadly."
It's not been made public how much mushroom the boy ate, or in what form. One cap can be enough to kill an adult, usually through liver failure.
... they do look a lot like the paddy straw mushroom, a popular Asian edible mushroom.
Very young death caps have also been confused for puffball mushrooms, said Kroeger.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/death-cap-mushroom-victoria-boy-poison ed-1.3802245
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2016 04:43pm - Edited by: CabinBuilder
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Ok, I guess i't not worth the risk, unless I do a really hands-on research, i.e. joining the club, etc.
Thanks for all the info.
At least no one wants me dead...   
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2016 12:50am
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Ah, no, Cabinbuilder. Please check your cholesterol regularly, reduce your sugar intake, get plenty of exercise, never eat unfamiliar mushrooms, and make sure the bandwidth fees are paid.
Thanks
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deercula
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2016 12:55am - Edited by: deercula
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What is this thing?  [/URL]
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deercula
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2016 01:39am - Edited by: deercula
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NO, I did NOT eat it......  [/URL]
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Salty Craig
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# Posted: 18 Oct 2016 09:01am
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deercula
LOL looks like death on a stick....
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CabinBuilder
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# Posted: 21 Oct 2016 02:41pm
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Just
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# Posted: 23 Oct 2016 10:22am
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I found this one last week near Canarvan Ont.Can. while hunting moose. It could whin the prize for best looklng but I have know idea if its editable! !!
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bldginsp
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# Posted: 23 Oct 2016 10:41am - Edited by: bldginsp
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Snowflower. It's edible, but rare and protected so shouldn't be eaten. Native to California Sierra mountains, above 4000 feet. The Indians powdered it's stalk and used it to assuage toothaches and other mouth pains.
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paulz
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# Posted: 23 Oct 2016 11:29am
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CB, I get wild mushrooms like that at my place. I usually go with a 5 iron.
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