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   From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   bugsy wrote:   
   > i ate a galerina autumnalis once.  it kind of nicked my liver, but,   
   > nothing major.  they form sclerotia, don't they? red   
      
   Why would you eat a deadly mushroom?  Did you eat just one?  Was it   
   fresh?  Are you 100% on the id?  (If you mistook it as a Psilocybe or   
   Gymnopilus, then your id necessarily isn't 100% as to G. autumnalis,   
   either, unless id was made as part of a poison assessment in a medical   
   treatment.)  Was this the case?  How did it taste?  How do you know   
   you're liver was "nicked?"  Was your liver tested?   
      
   Actual cases of mushroom poisoning are very rarely discussed in this   
   forum.  Personally, I had the "runs" from eating Armillaria mellea; only   
   a single, brief incident.  (I barbecued it wrapped in foil with other   
   vegetables, which retained all the juice, which I ate.)  I eat it   
   frequently and have only had a "problem" once.  I was put through the   
   psychological wringer by Gymnopilus junonius, which can be expected from   
   "magic" mushrooms, and was not beyond my ability to handle.   
      
   I was hospitalized when I was 2 years old after eating mushrooms in the   
   backyard.  I have a vivid memory of being in hospital (*the 1st visual   
   memory in my life*).  I remember trying to get to a chrome faucet I   
   could see in the bathroom from my crib.  I was *very* thirsty, which   
   might have been a result of the treatment administered (atropine?).  The   
   nurse came in, scolded me, and put me back into my crib.   
      
   The only other "chance" I take with mushrooms is eating blushers,   
   Amanita rubescens.  The local variety is big, meaty and tasty.  But, I   
   eat them very sparingly, and only after thorough cooking.   
      
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