In article , Sacha wrote:

Not worth the risk; this entire family now lives in dialysis after
eating poisonous wild mushrooms in Scotland

http://tinyurl.com/bmfzop3

That's a bizarre mistake, difficult to understand. What he ate as
gills, the other has tubes! Boletus in general are very safe if you
know what you're doing. (IFF).

Well, like many who pick mushrooms, they really did think they knew
what they were doing and they've done it many times. They're now
awaiting a kidney transplant.

Ignorance always has killed. They didn't have even enough of a clue
to know that they didn't have a clue.

According to reports at the time, both couples have been picking
mushrooms for many years, without any adverse effects. I think this
just shows how dangerous it can be, even when someone *does* suppose
they have plenty of experience and know what they're doing.

Not in the slightest. There are a huge number of extremely dangerous
activities where you can get away for doing it for years without
having a clue what you are doing. The point is that there is a very
low probability of a major problem, but the severity of such problems
is vast. Using chainsaws is another example.

Anyone who knows what they are doing will not mistake those two
species - they are blindingly obviously different - and the culprit
belongs to a form that will ring alarm bells in the mind of anyone
who has a clue and is being even reasonably careful.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.