Anne Lurie wrote:

I strongly suggest that you *never* try to identify the edible mushrooms
from the poisonous ones -- as I understand it, there is no room for
error.

While mushroom poisoning is a serious thing, there are several VERY tasty
species in NC which can be identified easily and with very high confidence.
If you learn those you can have some great and safe hunting and then
eventually and cautiously branch out to the more difficult-to-identify
species.

If you can find some who knows about mushrooms, go with him/her; if that
person finds some, eat what that person eats.

There may also be something available through NCSU. A quick google turned
this up:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/not...04/gpin004.htm

It's a bit out-of-date (the NC poison control is now in Charlotte and not at
Duke, and I'm not sure if Dr. Averre is still alive - if he is and you talk
to him, *don't* tell him I said that), but he and Dr. Grand have a lot fo
mycology smarts between them and love to encourage newcomers.

--
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