Context: after eating a death cap (Amanita phalloides), you’d notice a few of the symptoms at first, but these usually resolve after a day or two. After this, you’ll enter a latent phase where you feel fine, but your liver and kidneys slowly start to fail. By the time you notice, it’s usually already too late.

  • Arghblarg@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    For those who have experience, yes – but to the inexperienced eye, there are some false morels that can definitely trick people.

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=morel+lookalike+gyromytra&t=vivaldi&ia=web

    We have some Gyromitra that pop up every year in one area of our backyard. They produce a molecule, gyromitrin, which is metabolized in the body into monomethylhydrazine, which is used in rocket fuel(!)… So be careful.

    Apparently Gyromitra are consumed in Europe by some – but only after careful preparation… I am not brave enough to try that :/