Archive for September, 2010
There have been quite a few news reports so far this year about mushroom poisonings around the world. The biggest news was the so-called “mushroom massacre” in Italy in which 18 or so people died. But that turned out to be a bit overblown (from the mycotoxological perspective) since most of the deaths (maybe even [...]
Tags: mushroom collecting, mushroom poisoning, poisonous mushrooms, toxic fungi
It would seem that when one’s eyes are peeled for any signs of valuable fungi, the probability of walking off of a cliff seem to go up considerably. At least that’s the story out of Italy these days, as the so called “massacre” of mushroom hunters has resulted in 18 deaths, ten of which were [...]
Tags: accidents, Italy, mushroom hunting, mushrorom massacre
