High level overview
The key features to use for mushroom identification
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
