From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Steve Peek wrote:   
   > "riburr" wrote in message   
   >   
   >> Had some for breakfast this morning.  It was sauteed in butter w/green   
   >> onions and a little salt, and eaten over toast.  The aroma is not   
   >> pleasant.  While and after cooking, there is a hint of something like wet   
   >> dog fur and old spilled soup that has spent some time aging on a baby's   
   >> bib or tie.  The taste is immediately bitter, but not repulsively so, and   
   >> not persistent after swallowing.  But, your taste buds are repeatedly   
   >> assaulted by the bitterness with each mouthful.  Texture is pleasantly   
   >> chewy.  No indigestion so far...  I don't know if the accounts of   
   >> indigestion refer to the species found in the eastern U.S.   
   >   
   > The only time I've eaten it was not a pleasant experience. Like you I found   
   > it to have an off flavor (food on the verge of spoilage) and slightly   
   > bitter. I've heard folks refer to it as a good edible when it is in the   
   > "button" stage. I believe this mushroom is actually a complex and will one   
   > day be several different species. Taxonomically there is too much variation   
   > in specimens, maybe someday someone will run the DNA and we'll have an   
   > answer.   
   >   
   I've had younger specimens that weren't bad.  But, I certainly can't   
   recommend them after maturing.  I had an interesting reaction.  I ate a   
   fair amount, a total of 5 medium-large mushrooms, caps and stems.  After   
   eating I went to forage in the lower end of the valley where I am.   
   Before reaching my destination, I felt an energetic nervousness, almost   
   a wired feeling like after having too much coffee.  My eyes started   
   tearing up, and I seemed to have more saliva than usual.  While in the   
   woods, both vision and hearing seemed more acute, sharpened.  Nothing   
   beyond this, and nothing to write home about, but definitely above   
   baseline for me.  It's been almost 5 hours now since I ate them, and I'm   
   not noticing anything, except increased saliva, maybe.  The effects   
   snuck up on me.  I certainly wasn't expecting anything like that.   
      
      
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