On 2/4/2014 10:18 PM, Cheri wrote:
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> People died from eating the wrong mushroom every summer when I was a
>> kid. You need to know what you're doing when you pick wild mushrooms
>> and I know nothing about them, so I pick mine at the grocery store.
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> Yes, it wasn't that long ago that a family became ill and one member
> died after eating mushrooms that they picked on the nature trail in my
> town. According to the paper it was a horrible death with liver failure
> etc. I pick mine from the grocery store too.

I think it was the writer of Horse Whisperer who inadvertently
poisoned his whole family in Scotland.

I know it's a hobby people enjoy, but don't look up the mushroom
After dinner like he did. When everyone's writhing in pain, that
might be a little late.

nancy