From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Rusty Hinge wrote:   
   > riburr wrote:   
   >> Steve Peek wrote:   
   >>> I've been collecting and eating wild mushrooms for 40 years or so and   
   >>> have only been sick once.   
   >> This opens up discussion on an interesting topic; Who's experienced   
   >> mushroom poisoning?  I was hospitalized after eating wild mushrooms   
   >> when I was 2 years old.  Don't know if they were toxic, but being   
   >> hospitalized is among my very first memories.  I remember being *very*   
   >> thirsty, but the nurse refused my request for water.  I have a very   
   >> distinct and clear memory of looking at the chrome water faucet in the   
   >> bathroom visible from my crib.  I remember climbing out of my crib to   
   >> go to the water faucet, and the nurse returning after I made it onto   
   >> the floor.  I remember her scolding me and putting me back into the   
   >> crib. Then, the memory fades.   
   >>   
   >> More recently, a few years ago, I had loose stools from eating   
   >> Armillaria mellea.  Wrapped the mushrooms with other vegetables in   
   >> foil and grilled them.  The juices collected in the foil, and the   
   >> cooked mushrooms, vegetables and juices were eaten over grilled   
   >> steak.  Needed the bathroom pretty urgently a little while later.   
   >> Didn't feel any other ill effects, and the incident passed quickly.  I   
   >> don't save Armillaria drippings any more.  No other tales of woe to tell.   
   >   
   > Sure it wasn't a Gymnopilus or a Pholiota?   
   >   
   > Note: honey fungus *MUST* be cooked. Right through.   
   >   
   Armillaria for sure.  I find A. mellea and A. tabescens very frequently   
   in abundance.  The oak forest where I live hosts both.  I'm really very   
   fond of it, and usually cook it thoroughly.  Before that one one adverse   
   reaction I thought it was fully cooked on the barbecue grill , but I had   
   a forethought about consuming all the juice collected by the foil.  The   
   aftereffects weren't devastating, just something to take note of.   
      
   I've eaten Gymnopilus raw in rather large amounts (strongly bitter).   
   Resulted in quite a bit of regurgitation/purging, but no diarrhea.  My   
   mind was turned to mush for several hours.  The strong intoxicating   
   effects were sought after so I don't consider it poisoning, even as the   
   effects ranged from extremely uncomfortable to ecstatic cosmic journeying.   
      
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