How do I recognize poisonous mushrooms?
Not only is mushroom picking fun, it can also give you a delicious dinner. But in the local forests you will not only find mushrooms or patties. Poisonous mushrooms are also hiding everywhere. Before you prepare your meal, you should know exactly how to recognize poisonous mushrooms.
What you need:
- caution
- detailed information on mushrooms
Fly agaric or poisonous mushrooms - this is how you recognize poisonous mushrooms
- Everyone knows mushrooms, porcini mushrooms and chanterelles. But besides these types there are a lot of other mushrooms that are just as edible. Still, you should never try an unknown mushroom unless you are one hundred percent sure that it is edible. Before you start preparing, find out more about the mushrooms you have collected and take a good look at each mushroom to recognize it.
- You can find a good overview of edible and poisonous mushrooms on the website www.pilzfibel.de or on the website www.pilzfinder.de. Either print out a detailed, illustrated list or buy a small book on mushroom species. If you compare the description very carefully, you can distinguish the edible from the poisonous mushrooms directly on site. But only prepare the mushrooms that you have been able to identify with certainty to be edible.
- First, only collect mushrooms that you know well. This will protect you from accidentally putting a poisonous mushroom in your basket. Still, you should take a good look at each mushroom before consuming it.
- If you feel bad after eating your collected mushrooms, be sure to consult a doctor immediately. Poisoning with some types of mushrooms can lead to death.
- When preparing your edible mushrooms, you should always make sure to cook them well. Because even if the mushrooms are not poisonous, contamination can cause health problems after consumption.
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