Home | Community | Message Board
You are not signed in.
Sign In New Account
Forum Index Search Posts Trusted Vendors Highlights Galleries FAQ User List Chat Store Random Growery

MushroomMan Mycology
This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Hunting and Identification
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags by Magic Bag   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy   Unfolding Nature Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Mushroom-Hut Liquid Cultures

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
Are my friends going to die.
    #1960969 -

I dont really have time to sit on the internet and look for information about these shrooms my friends went in to the woods picked and ate. Im going to give the best description with what is left over and what they are telling me. The shrooms where around moss and mulch in the middle in the woods with alot of trees around( maple birth i dont think this will help but im giving everything i can) The shrooms have purple caps with a white ring going around the so called "stem". There are gills and they are purple also. I said so called stem but they don't seem to have stems!! Where the stems should be there is a sort of bubble stem( that is also purple ). I broke apart the shrooms and on the inside its white. I took them apart about 20 mins ago an they have no blue bruising WHAT SO EVER! neither do any of the ones that are still whole.( they have been touched and picked, still no blue ) The only thing that I can see that would be classified as a color change is that they only are getting darker no blue. They smell like dirt and my idiot friends are telling me that they taste like regular mushrooms that you would buy at the store. I cant make any sort of spore print because they are all torn up and smashed. I know that what they did was no doubt about it stupid as shit but I need someone to tell me what to do. Im about to call poison controll and take them to the hospitol. PLEASE ANY ADVICE FROM A PERSON THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!! ( end caps )

Sincerly,
Christopher

P.S. Im sorry there are no pictures but im doing my best.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1960996 -

hm, just stay chill for now...

the first thing that comes to my mind (from your description) is;

Violet Cort, or Cortinarius violaceus.. "Edible", but this is only a guess.

hm, just chill for now, hopefully Toxicman will be in soon to help,

I'll go grab a few pictures maybe you can compare..

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961000 -

[edit: flaming is not allowed. i know you meant well, but that didn't help.]

Edited by concretefeet (09/29/03 10:58 PM)

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961017 -

Are the ANYTHING like these;

http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/id_guide/cortinariales/cortinarius_violaceus.htm

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961018 -

What state/country were these picked?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961022 -

Are the caps "Sticky"?

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: GGreatOne234]
    #1961038 -

Im in Bangor, Maine I know it was really stupid( people make fucked up chocies sue em.... ) No the caps are not sticky. Nothing like the picture.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961040 -

another guess would be the Bulbous Cort, or Cortinarius glaucopus.. not really known to be poisonous..
-I suggest this because of the bulbous base you talk about..

Go to www.google.com and just type in these scientific names and you should be able to find pictures..

Try Cortinarius alboviolaceus, has dry, silvery-lavender cap
Try Cortinarius pseudoarquatus, has abruptly bulbous base.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961074 -

Are the caps grayish-violet, dry cap with purplish gills and club-shaped, grayish-violet stalk?

or

Are the caps dry, silvery-lavender?

or

Are they Slimy-tacky, purple cap becoming yellow-spotted around or in center, with purplish gills becoming rust?


Just chill for now dude.
-It is Cortinarius season..

You've done the right thing by coming here, and also by telling your friends off by doing such a dumb thing..

Get back..

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961112 -

OK, first thing is don't panic.

Don't bother calling the Poison Center unless they start showing symptoms of being poisoned. The odds are reasonably good that they may have eaten something not poisonous. Also, the majority of what is poisonous will just make them puke it all back up.

The main groups of purplish mushrooms are Cortinarius (the purple ones are mostly unknown but probably harmless, the worst will just cause the usual nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea), Leptonia (mostly unknown, probably some unpleasant toxins, probably more gastrointestinal stuff), and a variety of miscellaneous species all over the place (again, mostly gastrointestinal toxins). None of the well-known deadly mushrooms are normally described as purplish, so the odds are good that they haven't been lethally poisoned.

I'm trying to imagine what a "bubble stem" looks like. If you could perhaps describe what you mean or post a photo (or even a drawing) it would help a lot. If anybody else has an idea what he means, that would be good, too.


If they start getting sick (the most likely symptoms being nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea), call the Poison Center first and describe the situation. If you have the pieces of the mushrooms, save them. If you end up going to an emergency room, bring the mushroom pieces. They can summon a mycologist to look at them and identify them. Make sure to keep track of how long it's been since they ate the mushrooms - that's an important piece of information for diagnosis and prognosis.


Of course, the safest thing to do (if it's been less than 2 hours since they ate them) is to make them puke it all back up. Ipecac is available at most grocery stores, drug stores, and pharmacies, and it will do the trick really well. The instructions are on the bottle.

Good luck.


--------------------
Happy mushrooming!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: GGreatOne234]
    #1961113 -

another violet cort link;

http://rwn.boom.ru/fungi/Cortinarius_violaceus_e.html

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: GGreatOne234]
    #1961196 -

Another link for C. camphoratus, has a fetid odor (whatever that means)
http://sienet.luontonetti.com/en/sivut/cortinarius_camphoratus.htm


And a link for C. fragrans, smells like over-ripe pears (whatever that means)
http://www.fungaljungal.org/guide/pages/Cortinarius_fragrans_jpg.htm

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: GGreatOne234]
    #1961493 -

Sorry I havn't posted. Toxicman your story just happened exactly the way you wrote it. No joke. They all got sick and drank that vomit inducer and then I called poison controll they told me they should go to the hospital so I made them get going. I also made them take the shrooms. They where at the hospital a little while ago they are having to drink coal. I hope they will be ok. THanx Toxicman. Also to the other peeps that posted.

Chris

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: scribs18]
    #1961537 -

The positive side is that they will probably live.

The negative is that they will have a long evening tonight. If they're minors (maybe even if they're not) they'll get to explain to their parents why they did something as stupid as eating unidentified mushrooms from the woods. And then they'll get the bill for an emergency room visit.

If you can find out what the mushrooms get identified as, I (and probably others) would appreciate it. Your description didn't give me enough information to try a real ID, and I want to know what a "bubble stem" looks like, in case I have somebody give a description like that in the future.

Normally I suggest giving the fools a swift kick upside the head, but it sounds like they're getting a good one already. I hope they get over this without any lasting effects (except maybe learning a good lesson). And hopefully the emergency room doesn't overtreat them (which is, unfortunately, fairly common).

Many people eat mushrooms from the woods safely. Eating unidentified mushrooms is likely to lead to unpleasant results.

Happy mushrooming!


--------------------
Happy mushrooming!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: ToxicMan]
    #1961561 -

thats to bad.. mushrooms have a reputation for being 'posionous' for a good reason. Its not until one gets into the subject that they find that there are alot of them that are not.

I hope your friends turn out ok. this teaches everyone a goooood lesson...


--------------------
_______________________________________
CSC

Life's a garden, Dig it!
~Joe Dirt

Off Topic Website

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: Cow Shit Collector]
    #1962123 -

Whew, man, thats scary. You defintiely did the right thing for your friends. I bet they don't do that again!! In a way, I'm glad they got a hold of something that would make them sick but not harm them. Thats about the best lesson a person picking and eating various unidentified mushrooms from the woods can recieve. Better it happened this way than if nothing would have happened and they would have pulled this same stunt again, until maybe they did get a hold of something lethal.


Anyways, you reacted well, and responded well, your a good friend to your buddies.


LK,


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: Lizard King]
    #1964539 -

it sounds to me like you took proper controll of the situation.
i'm glad to hear the are ok so far. luckily; the details point to nothing more serious than stomach upset and a scarry trip to the ER.

if you could elaborate on your sescription sa stated above it would be beneficial to the hunting comunity.

good luck,
be safe and
happy hunting.

peace,
concrete.


--------------------



Attn PWN hunters: If you should come across a bluing Psilocybe matching P. pellicolusa please smell it.
If you detect a scent reminiscent of Anethole (anise) please preserve a specimen or two for study and please PM me.

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Re: Are my friends going to die. [Re: canid]
    #1965645 -

damn that was a close one... i'm guessing your friend's won't be so "gung-ho" next time!


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: MagicBag.co Certified Organic All-In-One Grow Bags by Magic Bag   Sporeworks.EU Spores for European Microscopy   Unfolding Nature Unfolding Nature: Being in the Implicate Order   North Spore North Spore Mushroom Grow Kits & Cultivation Supplies   Mushroom-Hut Liquid Cultures

Mushrooms, Mycology and Psychedelics > Mushroom Hunting and Identification
Threaded Mode Threaded  Previous topic Previous  View all topics Index  Next topic Next 

Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* My friend's giant baggie of mushrooms... MotorwayToRoswell 1,261 2 06/23/03 07:32 AM
by ToxicMan
* friend and i found some shrooms MusicMind 979 5 06/16/03 09:54 PM
by MagmaManiac
* Ate some liberty caps - now im gonna die
( 1 2 all )		 d_myco420 3,467 20 10/15/02 09:31 AM
by Natural2me
* *Urgent* Are these friendly shrooms? :)
( 1 2 all )		 _JJ_ 37,765 36 06/01/02 11:22 PM
by entity
* URGENT: STUPID FRIENDS MUSHROOM INJESTION! Melbourne, Aus.
( 1 2 all )		 121212 6,335 25 07/02/03 03:54 AM
by Anonymous
* patches dying out subterranean 1,393 4 04/30/03 05:19 PM
by subterranean
* Will I die if I eat these?!?!??
( 1 2 all )		 da_man 4,200 25 09/09/03 07:31 PM
by Gumby
* OH MY GOD IM GONNA DIE WTF Albino_Jesus 2,374 18 10/17/02 08:46 AM
by MsPacMan

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: ToxicMan, karode13, inski, Alan Rockefeller, Duggstar, TimmiT, Anglerfish, Tmethyl, Lucis, Doc9151, Land Trout
1,591 topic views. 1 members, 80 guests and 31 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2026 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.031 seconds spending 0.01 seconds on 16 queries.