| This article[1] from 20 years a ago paints a different picture. > Russians Dying--Literally--for Favorite Fungi > Like most Russians, Sergei Kayava and his family considered themselves mushroom experts--but the assumption proved fatal. > On July 8, he and his family eagerly dished up helpings of buttery fried forest mushrooms prepared by his mother-in-law. > “She is very good at cooking mushrooms. She boiled them and then fried them and then served them with boiled potatoes. It was delicious,” Kayava recalled Saturday. > But the dish killed Kayava’s wife, Marina, 40, and her father. Collecting mushrooms earlier that day, Kayava’s in-laws mistook the deadly blednaya poganka, or pale toadstool, for the innocuous and tasty syroyezhki mushroom. ... > The mushroom season has just begun and lasts until late September, but already at least 95 people have died in Russia and Ukraine, a casualty figure much higher than normal for this time of year. So although this seem unlikely that the top Russian rocket scientist died from mushroom poisoning it isn't out of the question or that ridiculous. [1] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-16-mn-53777... |
I know of a case where someone ate conserved ones (thought it's Agaricus) way after they were collected and actually survived, but only barely with a liver transplant if I remember correctly. Because the reaction is hours delayed it's also not easy to find out the cause for your bad state.
edit: I think it was the liver not kidney.