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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Never had a problem in middle temperate Europe or heard about anyone who had.

I even pick up these fuckers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera though many avoid them because of relative similarities to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_phalloides.

It is delicious and like the best nature has to offer here. You coat it in breadcrumbs and cook in oil on a pan. It tastes better than any steak. However it is a pain in the ass to find and a real treasure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not so much Amanita phalloides as Amanita pantherina, that one looks much more similar. But I agree, if you know what you're doing and don't pick mushrooms with which you don't have experience with and aren't sure about, you're good.

I used to pick up even Amanita rubescens, an acual (although edible and tasty) Amanita, so even more similar to poisonous ones. But I didn't have an opportunity for quite a few years and now I wouldn't dare, until I got an opportunity to verify with someone experienced and trustworthy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

what's the picker's rule?
lick it, wait 15 mins, take a nibble, wait 15 mins, then eat it
or just give it to your friend and see what happens

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Know exactly what it is. Follow the identifying steps in a book about mushrooms in your area until you have learnt which mushrooms live in your locale and can pick them by sight

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can be confused with these deadly mushrooms too: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinoderma_asperum (they are much closer looking than wiki suggests).

Still, one of my two most favorite mushrooms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Honestly even if I happened to eat a mildly poisonous shroom (which never happened) it would be fine for me personally. There is huge amount of edible mushrooms but we stick to few select safe ones that are hard to mistake.

I have done much worse things to my body with drugs and alcohol poisoning every other day. One instance of light poisoning per year or something like that would be like nothing. Not that it ever happened because I stick to the rules my parents teached me and their parents teached them and so on.

I had food poisoning more times (above zero) than mushroom poisoning.

I wouldn’t dare to pick mushrooms abroad. I wonder if climate change will fuck us one day though.