Fungi,any ideas?

[village wench]

Originally Posted by mykonik

Your'e lucky !

We had (and I'm sure, still get) quite a few poisoning enquiries in from various hospitals when I worked at Kew and several of them involved Chlorophyllum rachodes !! I think it may be just personal idiosyncracy though with that species though !

But on your other comment re:the groundsman - it was at one time thought quite innocuous to eat both Paxillus involutus and Gyromitra esculenta (the latter even given the name esculenta since it was so delicious) but these are actually both deadly poisonous and the poisoning is cumulative !! Over a period of years !

Not being a scaremonger but if you really want to get to the age of Methuselah be selective and careful about what you do scoff !! And don't believe all of the literature either with regard to edibility !! There have been numerous poisonings from the supposedly wonderful esculent polypore Laetiporus sulphureus (Chicken of the Woods) - some people get no symptoms, whilst other really suffer horrible gastrointestinal symptoms !!!

Nick

Ok boss,I consider myself warned but I will still eat the Laetiporus sulphureus you will not put me off that one
Funnily enough some very commonly eaten wild plants turn out to cause problems over the long term as well,many would be surprised to know that even some forms of spinach can be toxic if eaten too often over a period of years.
So thanks,I am paying attention honest.

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by village wench

Ok boss,I consider myself warned but I will still eat the Laetiporus sulphureus you will not put me off that one
Funnily enough some very commonly eaten wild plants turn out to cause problems over the long term as well,many would be surprised to know that even some forms of spinach can be toxic if eaten too often over a period of years.
So thanks,I am paying attention honest.

That explains a lot actually - I love spinach !!

Nick