John Smalldridge Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Found this while researching T. TERREUM. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/06/fatal-toxins-identified-edible-tricholoma-terreum-equestre-wild-mushrooms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks John. The article is well written and appears to be well researched. I wonder if anyone has included T. portentosum into this research? Portentosum and terreum are potentially easily confused, especially if they're growing in the same habitat, although I have not ever observed these types growing together. I have never eaten T. terreum... always seemed like there was too much confusion surrounding ID of this species. I have ceased eating T. equestre (= T. flavovirens). I still eat T. portentosum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted November 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Dave, what amazes me is how little we really know about mushrooms. Benefits and potential dangers are still being discovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Another mushroom formerly considered to be a good edible which has been implicated in serious poisonings, some fatal, is Angel Wings, Pleurocybella porrignes. The incidents appear to be isolated to Japan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Smalldridge Posted November 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I've only eaten angel wings once or twice very early in my mushroom hunting days. Since finding out about these poisonings, I have crossed angel wings off my edible list. The funny thing is that I actually tried Amanita jacksonii this year. This was species I have always been somewhat reserved about eating because of it being an Amanita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I don't find A. jacksonii very often. But the tawny Caesar, A. banningiana, is common in my local oak woods. When I find enough of these, I add them to scrambled eggs. A good edible. I've also stopped eating Angel Wings. Nice that Pleurocybella porrigens only grows on conifer wood, which makes it (usually) easy to distinguish from Oysters; Pleurotus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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