I stick to the ones I know, but there is one risky one that I MUST eat each September.
It is far too good to pass up.
The Saffron Milk Cap.
I cannot resist them.
Yuck! I can't imagine a mushroom being worth eating after turning it to mush. Unless you're making soup with it. I love King Boletes, Aspen Scabers and Puffball mushrooms and almost always saute them in butter with a little black pepper and salt.
...- he ate the deadliest mushrooms THREE TIMES to demonstrate his cure and cured himself.
Considering the danger that just sounds nutty to me. I'm not sure his treatment is considered the state of the art either. France has pioneered the use of Milk Thistle extracts combined with antibiotics and dialysis for the treatment of Death Cap and Destroying Angel poisoning. Milk Thistle has amazing properties of liver protection and toxin removal from liver hepatocytes.
The Death Cap Amanita phalloides
Info on toxicity and treatment down the page.
I stick to the ones I know, but there is one risky one that I MUST eat each September.
It is far too good to pass up.
The Saffron Milk Cap.
I cannot resist them.