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handling poisonous mushrooms

#1960586 - 09/28/03 05:32 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

hi guys. new to this place. just wondering what the dangers are (if any) of handling a poison mushroom. can the toxins get thru the skin? what if you get a little bit on your hands and you rub your eyes or wipe your mouth later on?

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Re: handling poisonous mushrooms

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#1960609 - 09/28/03 05:37 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

Surely this information is avaliable elsewhere... but no, you can't be poisoned transdermaly. It's always a good idea to wash your hands after handling unfamiliar mushrooms because it is possible that they could irritate your eyes or mouth. You need to eat about a gram(someone tell me if I'm wrong) of a poisonous mushroom to have any ill effects.

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Re: handling poisonous mushrooms

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#1960699 - 09/28/03 05:59 PM (8 years, 7 months ago)

There are no recorded cases of a person being poisoned by handling poisonous mushrooms. You have to eat them (or get them inside your body some other way). I know of a case where someone was poisoned from tasting acrid Russulas and spitting the piece out every time.

While being poisoned from rubbing your eyes or wiping your mouth is probably possible, I don't know af any specific cases where it has happened. For obvious reasons, washing your hands is a good idea.

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