MUSHROOM: A DECEPTIVE POISON

Did you know that mushrooms that cause symptoms soon after exposure (within 2 h) are less dangerous than those that cause symptoms later (after 6 h)

Did you know that the most toxic mushroom-Amanita phalloid- initially produces a violent abdominal distress followed by a false recovery before it hits with a lethal blow?

Did you also know that it is almost impossible to identify a safe mushroom from the poisonous one?

Did you know that mycologists, the experts in mushroom, cannot accurately identify specific species without a microscope?

Finally, would you, armed only with guts and feelings, forage the . . .

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