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Originally Posted by echinosum
He thought he was picking chanterelles, not boletes.
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The article seemed quite specific that he had mistaken Cortinarius for ceps, and the picture caption said the same. But then it was the Daily Mail.
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I won't pick A rubescens, because I'm not sufficiently confident about making that distinction with 100.0000% reliability. You need to know your limits.
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Yes. I won't eat anything unless a) I have identified it with what I feel is certainty b) there isn't anything poisonous that I could possibly mistake it for.
It means I miss a lot of treats.
I was curious that several readers commented "why take the risk when you can buy them from the supermarket?" Either they go to a much more interesting supermarket than I do, or they are unaware of the different flavours of mushrooms.
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