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Old 15-05-2013, 09:18 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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In article ,
Martin wrote:

Last week there was a report that a woman made an omelette using
death cap taken from her garden. She died four days later, her husband
was very ill.


Yes.

Rule 1: Never, ever, under ANY circumstances eat anything that
looks like a cultivated mushroom unless it is very definite pink
or brown gills. Indeed, don't even mix them in the same basket
as field mushrooms.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.