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Old 09-11-2014, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by GuardMeNathan View Post
You absolutely need to take a spore print and know what you are looking for before eating wild mushroom species. There are many species that mimic the edible kind but will literally kill you if you consume them.

Morels, chatarelle, shiitake (spelling errors possibly) are exceptions. but they grow in deciduous areas. I would not eat anything growing wild here.

Source: My grandfather was a Mycologist and i helped him hunt, identify, and grow wood lovers.

Those look amatoxin containing to me. DO NOT EAT THEM.
Even morels have a poisonous look-alike. If the stem is hollow, it is a morel .If it looks like a morel but the stem is solid, it is not.
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