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NEWS: The Age 03 May 01: Warnings on wild mushrooms

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Just make sure you know what species you're hunting for, if you happen to be searching for mushrooms...
Warnings on wild mushrooms

Source: AAP|Published: Thursday May 3, 12:56 PM
Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens warned Victorians today not to eat wild mushrooms unless they were bought at a shop or market.
The warning follows similar advice from state health authorities after the onset of wet weather that has led to ideal mushroom growing conditions.
The gardens' fungi specialist, Dr Tom May, warned that a number of mushroom varieties were poisonous.
He said four varieties - the ghost cap, yellow stainer, yellow puffball and death cap - were responsible for most poisonings.
Little was known about most of the several hundred mushroom species in Victoria, he said.
From: http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2001/05/03/FFXYAEGE9MC.html
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Good job for bumping Bongo. Sometimes people need that extra reminder.

BigTrancer said:
... Dr Tom May, warned that a number of mushroom varieties were poisonous.
He said four varieties - the ghost cap, yellow stainer, yellow puffball and death cap - were responsible for most poisonings...
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I dont know about you guys, but i definatly wouldn't eat those yellow puffballs. There must be some fairly stupid people out there.
 
Hehe, I was taking a leasurely stroll through the Botanical Gardens the other day (with my scissors and paper bag ;) ), and came across a big fuckoff sign that said do not pick the mushrooms, because they had found deathcaps at the gardens, and staff were doing their best to remove them.

There was one area of the gardens that imo was the perfect habitat for p.subaeruginosa, does anyone know if the staff might also be picking these a a deterrent or perhaps for *other* uses?
 
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No. I would speculate that they are helping people help themselves. It is in everyone's best interest not to have a story in the paper reading 'Youth/Teen/Toddler dies from eating mushrooms growing in the domain gardens'
 
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