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Someone confirm/debunk this...
    #5790691 - 06/25/06 09:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

My friend just told me about a technique his grandparents used when picking mushrooms. They would boil the shrooms with a silver quarter and if the quarter turned black, they're poisonous. They were not picking them for psychedelic purposes. I was wondering of anyone knew if this worked with magic mushrooms? The only thing is I think magic mushrooms are technically poisonous so it might not work be a way to ID them.


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Re: Someone confirm/debunk this... [Re: pist0la]
    #5790704 - 06/25/06 09:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

It is bunk. There are no easy ways to tell poisonous mushrooms from nonpoisonous mushrooms.


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Re: Someone confirm/debunk this... [Re: pist0la]
    #5790717 - 06/25/06 09:57 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

I'm thinking that a silver quarter would turn black when boiled without mushrooms in the pot, I never tried, but it seems right to me.
Anyway, that is not a sound method in any way. The traditional way 'round here is to just snap the cap off the stem, if it turns blue where it was broken, it's magic. All over the cow fields are decapatated mushrooms, all kinds, but of course, no cubes.
This method is a bit more reliable, but not fool proof as poisonous boletes bruise green/blue.
Fortunately, you have this site, all the information you need is right cheer.  :smirk:

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Re: Someone confirm/debunk this... [Re: pist0la]
    #5790894 - 06/25/06 10:54 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Your friend's grandparents are fortunate they weren't poisoned.

There is only one way to determine 100% if a mushroom is poisonous - it needs to be accurately identified to species. People are always looking for shortcuts, and those same people seem to end up being poisoned. Fortunately, it's usually just a night of vomiting and diarrhea.

Happy mushrooming!


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