I wouldn't even consider eating it. I had a bad experience a while ago by
eating a mushroom in my garden that I thought I'd identified as safe from
my book and got well told off on here, rightly so.
I was on the toilet for two days.
My mushrooms now come from the supermarket.
Tina

Thanks Tina - worry not - its worst fate would have been to be "souped"
then frozen.
Time then to get the wise to judge (:-)
I have read the dire warnings on the internet, you were lucky to escape with
just the
toilet effect not "the box they carry you off in" result !!

Pete

Don't be put off Tina, mushrooms affect different people in different ways, I can happily eat 'Yellow Stainers' but they upset the other half's tum, she thinks 'Honey Fungus' is the best thing since sliced bread rated only behind the 'Cep' and 'Chanterelle' but they upset me more than somewhat. My mate's wife cannot tolerate any mushroom at all even supermarket ones.

"Granity" wrote in message
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I wouldn't even consider eating it. I had a bad experience a while ago
by
eating a mushroom in my garden that I thought I'd identified as safe
from
my book and got well told off on here, rightly so.
I was on the toilet for two days.
My mushrooms now come from the supermarket.
Tina-

Thanks Tina - worry not - its worst fate would have been to be "souped"

then frozen.
Time then to get the wise to judge (:-)
I have read the dire warnings on the internet, you were lucky to escape
with
just the
toilet effect not "the box they carry you off in" result !!

Pete

Don't be put off Tina, mushrooms affect different people in different
ways, I can happily eat 'Yellow Stainers' but they upset the other
half's tum, she thinks 'Honey Fungus' is the best thing since sliced
bread rated only behind the 'Cep' and 'Chanterelle' but they upset me
more than somewhat. My mate's wife cannot tolerate any mushroom at all
even supermarket ones.

Granity

No chance I will ever eat any mushroom that comes up in my garden ever. I
nearly turned inside out with diarrhoea and would never risk that again.
I think I was quite lucky that my body rejected it so vehemently.
It looked so safe from my book but obviously wasn't.

"Granity" wrote in message
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I wouldn't even consider eating it. I had a bad experience a while ago
by
eating a mushroom in my garden that I thought I'd identified as safe
from
my book and got well told off on here, rightly so.
I was on the toilet for two days.
My mushrooms now come from the supermarket.
Tina-

Thanks Tina - worry not - its worst fate would have been to be "souped"

then frozen.
Time then to get the wise to judge (:-)
I have read the dire warnings on the internet, you were lucky to escape
with
just the
toilet effect not "the box they carry you off in" result !!

Pete

Don't be put off Tina, mushrooms affect different people in different
ways, I can happily eat 'Yellow Stainers' but they upset the other
half's tum, she thinks 'Honey Fungus' is the best thing since sliced
bread rated only behind the 'Cep' and 'Chanterelle' but they upset me
more than somewhat. My mate's wife cannot tolerate any mushroom at all
even supermarket ones.

I won't chance it again. Ever. I really thought it was safe from my book
and I was turned inside out. Never again will I try a mushroom from my
garden, not in a million years.

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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I won't chance it again. Ever. I really thought it was safe from my book
and I was turned inside out. Never again will I try a mushroom from my
garden, not in a million years.

Agreed - after all a book is usually only one persons opinion,
not the most reliable source of life/death info.

Pete

I'm not sure I understand that comment. I can understand it in the context of, say, a commentary on historical or political events, but not in the context of a book attempting to convey scientific fact, such as the identifying features of different fungi. "Fly agaric are red with white spots" "well that may be your opinion - I think they are green"

Roger Philips tends to qualify some of his edibility information with comments such as "Edible, but may cause gastric upsets in some people", or a stronger one "Said to be edible but known to cause gastric upsets in some people". which is quite useful as you can put out a second bog roll ready. .

One book had a list of about a dozen good edible species that couldn't be confused with a poisonous species. I thought it was Philips, but can't find it again.

"Pete" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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I won't chance it again. Ever. I really thought it was safe from my book
and I was turned inside out. Never again will I try a mushroom from my
garden, not in a million years.

Agreed - after all a book is usually only one persons opinion,
not the most reliable source of life/death info.

Pete

Ain't that just the truth.
My mushroom books are now just for identification interest only. Not
whether they say they are safe to eat. It really is potentially fatal and I
was lucky to get away with being on the toilet for two days and not being in
a coffin.
They look so benign exactly like the good ones..or my one did anyway.
Tina

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Ain't that just the truth.
My mushroom books are now just for identification interest only. Not
whether they say they are safe to eat. It really is potentially fatal and
I was lucky to get away with being on the toilet for two days and not being
in a coffin.
They look so benign exactly like the good ones..or my one did anyway.
Tina

Well, it is just a variety of food poisoning really-
most people have had the toilet experience from naughty chicken and fish.
Just that with the naughty fungi, the poison is a permanent resident and can
be more toxic.

Pete

"Pete" wrote in message
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Ain't that just the truth.
My mushroom books are now just for identification interest only. Not
whether they say they are safe to eat. It really is potentially fatal and
I was lucky to get away with being on the toilet for two days and not
being in a coffin.
They look so benign exactly like the good ones..or my one did anyway.
Tina

Well, it is just a variety of food poisoning really-
most people have had the toilet experience from naughty chicken and fish.
Just that with the naughty fungi, the poison is a permanent resident and
can be more toxic.

Yes, it can be a death experience. Do Not Eat any fungi in your garden
unless you know what it is.