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RustyHinge · 03-06-2013, 11:19 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 23/05/13 10:34, wrote:
In article ,

Yes. he has the usual problem with Boletus satanas, of course :-)

That is almost universally claimed to be deadly, but evidence for
that is essentially absent. While there probably has been the odd
death, that is also true of many of the poisonous mushrooms NOT
classified as deadly - some people are very sensitive to particular
toxins or otherwise vulnerable. But nobody wants to risk downgrading
it to merely poisonous!

B. satanas is edible if thoroughly cooked, as are a lot of allegedly
poisonous boleti.

You rarely see warnings that you should cook Lepista saeva, L nuda, L.
sordida before eating them, nor Macrolepiota rhacodes.

Many books accuse Lactarius torminosus and L. pubescens of being
poisonous, but if - *IF* - you know how to prepare them, they are very
worthwhile.

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Rusty Hinge