Thread: Wild mushrooms

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Gidday Sparks

had a similar issue a while back and contacted this bloke:

Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages - Fungi Home Page

Very helpful.

Recently there were some Asian people that gathered "mushrooms" that looked similar to ones they ate back in their home country. The guests ended up in hospital with severe life threatening poisoning.
Better safe to buy your mushies from a shop

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

Recently there were some Asian people that gathered "mushrooms" that looked similar to ones they ate back in their home country. The guests ended up in hospital with severe life threatening poisoning.
Better safe to buy your mushies from a shop

The advice here is good: Perth Urban Bushland Fungi - Recognising Edible Fungi

There are so many species of fungi, that it is unlikely you will find someone on here who will be willing to identify them for you.

There are plenty of good websites:
Bill Leithhead's Fungi Pages - Fungi Home Page

In WA, there have never been any reports of the "death cap" mushrooms:
Two die after eating death cap mushrooms - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

So in theory there have been no mushrooms found in WA to date which can kill you - or even make you life threateningly sick.

I think it is a shame though that we don't have a culture of eating wild mushrooms like in europe, they are usually much better than the cultivated options.

Here is some pics

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I wont get to these as there is a cyclone comming

So hopefully when they sprout up again i'll know if I can eat them
They do look nice and smell nice to

Why risk eating wild mushrooms - someone dies every couple of years from death cap mushrooms here in Canberra - the last two deaths were just a couple of months ago - a third person needed or will need a liver transplant.

Is your life worth the $9.99 it costs to buy a kilo at the local supermarket or fruit shop.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Why risk eating wild mushrooms - someone dies every couple of years from death cap mushrooms here in Canberra - the last two deaths were just a couple of months ago - a third person needed or will need a liver transplant.

Is your life worth the $9.99 it costs to buy a kilo at the local supermarket or fruit shop.

Garry

Death caps have never been found in WA (to date).

Go to europe and try some of the wild mushrooms over there. You will find it hard to eat the flavourless, farmed varieties after that.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Death caps have never been found in WA (to date).

You may not have death caps but many mushrooms are poisonous - Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus) are often mistook for edible mushrooms.

Is it worth your life?