Shaggy Ink Caps
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bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Just make sure you don't crack open a bottle or can of anything alcoholic with them to celibrate!!!! 
Bam.
Bam.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Forager said:
On your head be it Mate
"Coprine has been positively identified in Coprinus atramentarius, but may well also occur in the related C. acuminatus and C. romagnesianus. Other species that produce similar symptoms include Shaggy Pholiota (Pholiota squarrosa), Lurid Bolete (Boletus luridus), Club-footed Funnel Cap (Clitocybe clavipes) and Tricholoma flavovirens."
(Collins - How to Identify Edible Mushrooms - Patrick Harding, Tony Lyon and Gill Tomblin).
Should be ok as you say but I personally wouldn't take the risk (but as a vertual teetotaller it doesn't matter to me what you lot eat lol
)Cheers,
Bam.
First time I ever ate shaggy ink caps was the morning of my cousin's wedding. They must be fairly safe, as I drank enough for a football team that night without suffering any more ill effects than would normally be expected.
Just as well really - common ink caps probably would've killed me that day.
Just as well really - common ink caps probably would've killed me that day.
lol - I'd forgotten that fact!! But didn't drink any alcohol, so am afraid I can't comment on the effects.
i guess it really depends a lot on what you consider dangerous
some people have ranted and raved about the dangers of eating sorrel and others reccomend horsechestnuts as a food source
as far as i understand the alcohol and "certain" mushrooms thing the reaction is very similar to antabuse and alcohol
antabuse was derived originally from this very effect , and is given to people to help them quit drinking
more on antabuse here http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000144.html
a quick search for antabuse and mushrooms in google should confirm most of this http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=antabuse+mushroom&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
please note this is only one of a range of toxins that can be found in fungi
just because you can drink alcohol and keep a mushroom down is not good enough to confirm that it is NOT toxic
Tant
some people have ranted and raved about the dangers of eating sorrel and others reccomend horsechestnuts as a food source
as far as i understand the alcohol and "certain" mushrooms thing the reaction is very similar to antabuse and alcohol
antabuse was derived originally from this very effect , and is given to people to help them quit drinking
more on antabuse here http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000144.html
a quick search for antabuse and mushrooms in google should confirm most of this http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=antabuse+mushroom&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
please note this is only one of a range of toxins that can be found in fungi
just because you can drink alcohol and keep a mushroom down is not good enough to confirm that it is NOT toxic
Tant
