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CureCat
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: canid]
#7499123 - 10/08/07 07:36 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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canid said: after i handle deadly or potentially deadly mushrooms i make sure to wash my hands liberally with a good soap before i eat or put my fingers into my mouth, but that's about it and that is often considered to be unneccesarily cautious. i recommend it on general principle.
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canid said: that is un sane...
You're overly cautious. I've seen multiple mycologists chew and spit out very poisonous, or deadly poisonous mushrooms. I don't make a habit of tasting random mushrooms myself, but that is because i don't like having awful flavours in my mouth, or burning my tongue on peppery mushrooms.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: CureCat]
#7499133 - 10/08/07 07:39 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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mmmm burning.
damn, now I want jalapenos.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: Acaterpillar]
#7499151 - 10/08/07 07:44 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Rabidbaboon said: Death caps are an all white color.
You must be thinking of the Destroying Angel. The Death Cap has a brownish/greenish hue to the cap pileus.
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canid
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: CureCat]
#7499177 - 10/08/07 07:48 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i'm just glad no mushrooms i know of taste like twinberry. not only is it insipid and strong, but the taste can really stay in your mouth for hours.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: canid]
#7499265 - 10/08/07 08:04 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sounds like you put a gun in your mouth to see what metal tastes like.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: rodfarva]
#7499268 - 10/08/07 08:05 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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excuse me?
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: canid]
#7499273 - 10/08/07 08:06 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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chewing on death caps .. lol
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: rodfarva]
#7499282 - 10/08/07 08:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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reply to the person you're talking to, not the last poster in the thread.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: canid]
#7499412 - 10/08/07 08:36 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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calm down son
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CureCat
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: rodfarva]
#7499477 - 10/08/07 08:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't see any exclamation marks in his post...? Seems pretty calm to me.
Yes, we all makes mistakes, but try to select the poster you are replying to, so other people don't think you're addressing them.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: CureCat]
#7499842 - 10/08/07 10:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well cooking and chewing a death surely a pretty unwise idea since the most dangerous part in them are Aminitines, which are peptides that can't be destroyed by cooking them. That's what makes them so dangerous! You better don't do that again! Chewing a small part of it, which wasn't even swallowed sure isn't deadly but gives you a good chance of a several hours in ass pain! There's no Problem in eating fried Aminata Muscaria but Aminata Phalloides stays cooked almost as deadly as it is, when you try it fresh...
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CureCat
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: Fahkface]
#7500818 - 10/09/07 08:39 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Amatoxin I'm sure knows this. I doubt she expected the cooked material to be any less poisonous than the fresh. Yet, as i said, many people taste and spit out poisonous mushrooms with NO negative results. It's not that dangerous, unless someone decided to slap you on the back or some stupid shit, and you swallowed it accidently. That'd be pretty fucked up.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: CureCat]
#7500922 - 10/09/07 09:27 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I regularly chew unidentified fungi, it isn't dangerous at all if you spit it out. I have never tried a death cap, although i have chewed what i believe to be Galerina marginata without any negative effects at all.
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It's not that dangerous, unless someone decided to slap you on the back or some stupid shit, and you swallowed it accidently. That'd be pretty fucked up.
To be honest even if you did swallow a bit that size i doubt it would do you huge damage, if we are talking about tiny pieces for taste testing. I wouldn't want to try it though
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: Amberthefrog]
#7501058 - 10/09/07 10:11 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Well, cooking a deathly mushroom for tasting it, sounds like the person thinks it'll kill the poisons, or why would you cook it at all? (It's a serious question ) I'd NEVER do it. Anyone who's interested in the taste of such mushrooms can do it, but one never knows for sure
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: Amberthefrog]
#7501061 - 10/09/07 10:12 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Amberthefrog said: I regularly chew unidentified fungi, it isn't dangerous at all if you spit it out. I have never tried a death cap, although i have chewed what i believe to be Galerina marginata without any negative effects at all.
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It's not that dangerous, unless someone decided to slap you on the back or some stupid shit, and you swallowed it accidently. That'd be pretty fucked up.
To be honest even if you did swallow a bit that size i doubt it would do you huge damage, if we are talking about tiny pieces for taste testing. I wouldn't want to try it though
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: Amberthefrog]
#7503507 - 10/09/07 10:46 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I never taste any mushroom I suspect (or know) is dangerously poisonous.
There has been at least one known case of poisoning where a guy was tasting the peppery Russulas and spitting it out but must have tasted too many of them. The poisoning wasn't dangerous, but neither were the mushrooms tasted.
Since the taste of the deadly mushrooms isn't an important feature for identification, I don't bother with it. In general, the only reason for tasting a mushroom in the field is because the tasting will assist with the ID.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: Fahkface]
#7503603 - 10/09/07 11:04 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Fahkface said: Well, cooking a deathly mushroom for tasting it, sounds like the person thinks it'll kill the poisons, or why would you cook it at all?
Generally, yes. I would agree. However, Amatoxin knows better than that. One of the "trusted identifiers" on this site, you know.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: CureCat]
#7503647 - 10/09/07 11:17 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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CureCat
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: GGreatOne234]
#7503717 - 10/09/07 11:40 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ummm.... what the fuck??
I expect he is dead or in need of a liver transplant, if that was indeed a. phalloides.
Why did he take so long to chew it? Looked like he was gonna puke the whole time.
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Re: are any mushrooms dangerous to touch? [Re: CureCat]
#7503927 - 10/10/07 12:37 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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There has been at least one known case of poisoning where a guy was tasting the peppery Russulas and spitting it out but must have tasted too many of them. The poisoning wasn't dangerous, but neither were the mushrooms tasted.
Really? I actually like the taste of the peppery red-come-purple Russulas species, if they were not poisonous i think they would be good flavourings in certain foods.
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