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   > Wet weather in many parts of Canada has helped to produce a bumper crop of   
   > wild   
   > mushrooms, but many are dangerous to eat and can't be easily identified,   
   > health   
   > officials warn.   
   >   
   > The Ontario Regional Poison Information Centre received double the number   
   > of   
   > calls in September compared to the same month last year, and over half of   
   > the   
   > callers needed to be hospitalized for ingesting poisonous mushrooms.   
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   >    The differences between safe and poisonous varieties of mushrooms may   
   > not be   
   > visible to the naked eye.   
   >    The differences between safe and poisonous varieties of mushrooms may   
   > not be   
   > visible to the naked eye.   
   >    (Dean Fosdick/Associated Press)   
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   > A case of mistaken mushroom identity can be dangerous. Life-threatening   
   > symptoms   
   > may result from eating a small part of a wild mushroom.   
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   > Deaths from eating mushrooms are rare. In September 2004, a man in Quebec   
   > died   
   > after eating a toxic mushroom, and a woman in Toronto died the year before   
   > from   
   > the same cause.   
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   > Poison symptoms vary depending on the mushroom species. People should be   
   > concerned when there is a delay between the time a mushroom is eaten and   
   > symptoms begin, such as:   
   >   
   >    * Nausea.   
   >    * Vomiting.   
   >    * Severe diarrhea.   
   >    * Abdominal pain and cramping.   
   >    * Feeling like the heart is racing.   
   >   
   > "The problem is, people just pass those symptoms off as, 'I've got the   
   > flu,' "   
   > said Heather Ferries, a nurse educator with the poison centre at Toronto's   
   > Hospital for Sick Children.   
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   > "Meanwhile, what's happening is that the toxin or the poison from the   
   > mushroom   
   > is actually eating away at your liver. You're developing liver damage from   
   > the   
   > toxin."   
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   > The centre advises people to call after eating a wild mushroom and not to   
   > wait   
   > until feeling sick. More severe symptoms include sweating, convulsions,   
   > hallucinations and coma.   
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   > People may think they can tell safe varieties from poisonous ones, but the   
   > differences may not be visible to the naked eye, Ferries said. Cooking   
   > outdoor   
   > mushrooms does not make them safe to eat.   
   >   
   > In other cases, newcomers to Canada think that the mushrooms that grow   
   > here   
   > resemble those found in China and other parts of the world and may not   
   > realize   
   > until it's too late that dangerous varieties grow here.   
   >   
   > "It is dangerous to eat any mushroom that you have found outdoors," said   
   > Dr.   
   > Margaret Thompson, medical director of the poison centre. "Poisonous and   
   > non-poisonous mushrooms grow side by side. Only a mushroom expert can tell   
   > the   
   > difference, so avoid picking or eating mushrooms altogether."   
   >   
   > To avoid mushroom poisonings, the centre recommends checking your lawn for   
   > mushrooms before children go out to play, especially after a rainfall. Any   
   > mushrooms found growing near a home should be removed and thrown out.   
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   The fungus are amungdust.   
   What child would eat a mushroom not covered in chocolate?   
   Check your lawns for mad dogs and roge bears.   
   Kurt   
   PS better yet, check your closets for 'mold'   
      
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