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California Mushrooms[/caption]
High level overview
The key features to use for mushroom identification
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The steps prior to consuming
- See mushroom
- Collect entire mushroom
cap
- stipe
- sections of the substrate / what it grows on
- note terrain its growing at
- make spore print overnight
- consult guidebook
- search for competing lookalikes that might be poisonous
- decide to eat it
- post eating - check for symptom of poisoning
first symptoms can occur as early as 20mins into consumption
- **if first symptom occurs only after 6 hours of consumption visit emergency room - you might have consumed an Amanitin containing variant and are about to DIE!!**
Galerina marginata
- Amanita phalloides, the Death Cap
- Amanita ocreata, the Destroying Angel
These ones will kill you for sure
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