| "There are mushrooms that taste very bad, and (in the worst case) will cause stomach upset (vomiting) but nothing that will kill you outright." This is false and dangerous misinformation! Mushrooms can certainly kill you, and people have died from eating poisonous mushrooms. Just one example, from the Amanita[1] genus: "Several members of the section Phalloidieae are notable for their toxicity, containing toxins known as amatoxins, which can cause liver failure and death. These include the death cap A. phalloides; species known as destroying angels,
including A. virosa, A. bisporigera and A. ocreata; and the fool's mushroom, A. verna." "More recently, a series in the subgenus Lepidella has been found to cause acute kidney failure, including A. smithiana of northwestern North America, A. pseudoporphyria of Japan, and A. proxima of southern Europe." [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita#Toxicity |