3 require liver transplants after eating "death cap" mushrooms in California

CBS News ^ | 6/2/2017 | Margaret Farley Steele

[Fungi]

That is a false morel, a Verpa, species. True morels are of the genus Morchella.

[Fungi]

Terrible article, the author does not even list the latin names. Shiitake is not found in the wild in north America, nor is the portobello. The guy is a rank amateur.

[Hot Tabasco]

That is a false morel

Yes it is........

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***He wouldn’t eat the poison mushrooms.***

Spoken with a Swedish accent at that!

[sodpoodle]

Your name lends authority to the subject - so I will defer to your expertise.

The photos were good;)

[mowowie]

What do you call a mushroom that buys you beers all night?

A FUNGI to be with!

[Fungi]

True, but are they the mushrooms mentioned? No attribution is listed, they could be any species.

[PJ-Comix]

I once decided to try picking mushrooms so I got a book on the subject. The problem is that many of the poisonous mushrooms looked almost exactly like the non-poisonous mushrooms. That’s when I decided to ditch the mushroom picking idea.

[dainbramaged]

We are lucky here with black morels in the spring and chantarelles in early fall, right on our property with no mistaking either one. Secret spots are big in this area, and shots have been fired on occasion - pretty big money involved with commercial pickers, permits, thieves, national forest, private lands, it gets complicated.
The psychedelic so-called liberty caps are also around, best picking in cow pastures - put two dozen on a pizza and be prepared to stay home and laugh for 6 hours. I'm long retired from that particular activity, though.