"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:38:16 -0400, "Cheryl" >
> wrote:
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>>"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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>>> "brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:53:38 -0400, "Cheryl" >
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>>>>>No, not the eating kind I don't guess. Must have been spores in the
>>>>>mulch I
>>>>>just had done. But they sure are unusual looking, at least to me they
>>>>>are.
>>>>>
>>>>>side view
>>>>>http://i42.tinypic.com/243hnyo.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>top view
>>>>>http://i40.tinypic.com/14uko0n.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>Cluster
>>>>>http://i44.tinypic.com/2f0gah2.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>Note to self: mulch 2-3 weeks later next year. The maples and other
>>>>>trees
>>>>>dropped their seed pods after I mulched. Bummer.
>>>>
>>>> Probably poisonous.
>>>>
>>>> Look he
>>>> http://academic.evergreen.edu/projec...ms/phm/s55.htm
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>>> That's it! Hmm, hallucinogenic? lol NO, not trying it.
>>
>>The more I read through the different varieties, the more glad I am that I
>>don't like mushrooms. I find it amazing that people can get sick just
>>breathing the fumes when trying to cook some of these!
>
> Those sold at stupidmarket produce sections are fairly safe for most
> people, however some can become quite ill from eating ordinary button
> mushrooms. As much as some may be tempted no one should pig out on
> any mushrooms, not even stupidmarket varieties, especially eaten raw.
> Being an old amature mycologist I know just enough about fungi to get
> into trouble so I don't eat any I find wild. With some fungi there is
> a small window in their development when they can be safe to eat but
> they affect everyone differently and that window changes making it
> very risky. Many a hasty morel hunter thinks they found a bonanza
> only to discover what they found are not the edible variety, some so
> closely mimic each other that no one can tell definitvely until after
> ingestion. People do die from eating fungi, many who eat wild fungi
> even though they do recover are affected so violently that they wish
> they were dead, many times the neurological damage is permanent and
> can be quite debilitating. I hear all kinds of gustatory stories from
> those who fancy themselves mushroom mavens, rarely are they true. It's
> best to record your mushroom discoveries as you did, with a camera.
> You did a very good job, photos at different angles, and in their
> environment... that helped me locate a specimen so quickly. Also, if
> you have pets, especially dogs, keep them away from all mushrooms...
> it's a fallacy that animals have a sense about what not to eat... it's
> rare a cat will be tempted, felines outdoors will only eat what they
> kill, but domesticated dogs are especially vulnerable, they consider
> fungi dead meat.


I am reminded of an atypical Clint Eastwood film called 'The Beguiled'
(1971). He was a wounded Yankee soldier taken in by a group of girls/women
at a girl's private school and nursed back to health. He managed to seduce
his way through just about everyone in the house. In the end they killed
him off with a dish of some "special" mushrooms

Jill