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Yes indeed, fungii are notorious here.
"Sean Houtman" wrote in message 3... Archimedes Plutonium wrote in : But I suspect what they mean by poisonous is if eaten in large quantity of say a bucket ful would kill you. I think scientists should do a better job on something listed as poisonous. They should list as to how much of Eounymus if eaten will come close to killing you. When in the woods and seeing new plants for the first time with seeds on them, I usually give them a sample taste test and if acrid or unpallatable I spit them out and guess they are poisonous until confirmed. I never sample mushrooms but even there, it is my understanding that the deadliest mushroom takes a bit of quantity to do harm. I suspect there is not a single plant seed or leaf when eaten can kill a person. I guess that these plant poisons have to be taken in quantity such as the Yew berry in order to kill a person. So has any scientist made a precise data sheet on poisons? There are plenty, you can order one from the USDA. A surprising number of plants can kill you with only a bite. Datura, Hemlock, Aconite, the list abounds. As far as mushrooms, some of them can kill with only a mouthful, but you may feel fine for a week or two before your liver dissolves. Not all poisonious things are so courteous to advertise their danger with color or bad taste. I would suggest that you limit your tasting to things that you know are edible. Sean |
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In sci.chem on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:44:05 +1000 "Peter Jason"
posted: Yes indeed, fungii are notorious here. There was a Vietnamese family in California a few years ago who found mushrooms like they ate in VietNam. One meal's worth and two or three had died, iirc. They may have looked alike, but they weren't alike. "Sean Houtman" wrote in message . 53... Archimedes Plutonium wrote in : But I suspect what they mean by poisonous is if eaten in large quantity of say a bucket ful would kill you. I think scientists should do a better job on something listed as poisonous. They should list as to how much of Eounymus if eaten will come close to killing you. When in the woods and seeing new plants for the first time with seeds on them, I usually give them a sample taste test and if acrid or unpallatable I spit them out and guess they are poisonous until confirmed. I never sample mushrooms but even there, it is my understanding that the deadliest mushroom takes a bit of quantity to do harm. I suspect there is not a single plant seed or leaf when eaten can kill a person. I guess that these plant poisons have to be taken in quantity such as the Yew berry in order to kill a person. So has any scientist made a precise data sheet on poisons? There are plenty, you can order one from the USDA. A surprising number of plants can kill you with only a bite. Datura, Hemlock, Aconite, the list abounds. As far as mushrooms, some of them can kill with only a mouthful, but you may feel fine for a week or two before your liver dissolves. Not all poisonious things are so courteous to advertise their danger with color or bad taste. I would suggest that you limit your tasting to things that you know are edible. Sean Meirman If emailing, please let me know whether or not you are posting the same letter. Change domain to erols.com, if necessary. |
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