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If I eat these will I die?

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Never picked mushrooms, hedge berries and wild garlic is the limit of my Ray Mears wilderness skills.

Fairly sure these are parasols, so edible. But, you know, risk of a poisonous stomach aching death etc.

So, do I tuck in?


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:14 am
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Try it and let us know?


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:18 am
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Yes, but the two may not be connected.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:18 am
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Definitely but it may take many years.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:21 am
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A Google picture search suggests they are Shaggy Parasol mushrooms and are edible and good for stuffing due to their concave caps.  Whether you trust that is up to you.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:21 am
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One rule with foraging mushrooms.  If you are not CERTAIN what they are do not eat them


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:22 am
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Mushrooms are 90p a box in the CoOp but those look like shaggy parasols and may be edible but may be covered in dog piss.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:27 am
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One rule with foraging mushrooms. If you are not CERTAIN what they are do not eat them

This is the way.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:30 am
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White gills seem to be the thing to check for.

https://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/shaggy-parasol-identification.html


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:31 am
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So, do I tuck in?

If you die can I have your bike/s??


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:33 am
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Dog piss is my biggest concern, ironically I picked the walking back from the CoOp


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:34 am
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I was made ill as a child by my mum feeding us foraged mushrooms. Nearly put me off them for life.

A quick google suggests that while shaggy parasols are considered edible they can cause stomach upset and/or allergic reactions in some people.

Just isn’t worth it.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:36 am
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I would not use a phone id ap to determine what fungi I ate.

Wot TJ says.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:37 am
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PS all fungi are edible, some only once.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:38 am
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see here
I dont recall there being any deadly parasols in uk, I could be wrong.

Probably best picked in a dog free zone, fried with butter and garlic


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:39 am
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Well, cooked them and ate a bit Seems fineeeee urrrgghhh arrgh my gutss,......

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Yeah, not really, might give them a miss


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 10:41 am
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I was made ill as a child by my mum feeding us foraged mushrooms.

I have seen a non-zero number of patients with life long disabilities following an intensive care stay from eating incorrectly identified mushrooms.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 11:11 am
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Unlikely but huge potential downside. Upside?

I stick to shop bought myself. Each to their own.


 
Posted : 29/07/2023 12:06 pm

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