What is my mushroom?

My grandad used to go out with a field guide of mushroom species, and pick all those which appeared to be edible. He then vetted them again at home, and binned any suspect dodgy ones. He would then cook up the good ones and keep a little bit in the fridge incase he started to feel ill, so he had something to give to the hospital should the need arise (which it didn't).

Crazy bloke he was.
 
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Might be an urban myth, or the bloke down the pub was making it up (yes I know, but well, stranger things have happened), but wasn't there a whole spate of poisonings after the game was released as kids were suddenly munching on mushrooms they found in the grass?
 
i wouldnt eat it, i got loads of those growing down the end of my backgarden and my dogs are allways ill after nibbling on them
 
Whenever a woman I think is a bit thick asks me if I'm married I always tell them this story for a laugh:

I've been married three times and all three wives died tragically, my first wife died as she was unknowingly allergic to mushrooms, the second wife died in a bizarre twist of fate as she too was allergic to mushrooms.. <<They usually look a bit warily at me now>>.. BUT! My third wife died from falling down the stairs, we'd had a bit of a row and she tripped and broke her neck while storming off in a huff down the stairs, it was a silly way to die really, just a stupid argument about why she wouldn't eat the mushrooms I'd picked for her...<<While they're still thinking about it all, ask them>> So, do you like mushrooms? :D
 
Death Cap, Amanita phalloides. First of all, there are breathing problems and dizziness. Then comes severe vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration. After three days, you begin to feel better, but actually your liver is being destroyed. Death usually happens at least 6 days after consumption.

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Know your poisonous fungi..
 
doofer said:
Whenever a woman I think is a bit thick asks me if I'm married I always tell them this story for a laugh:

I've been married three times and all three wives died tragically, my first wife died as she was unknowingly allergic to mushrooms, the second wife died in a bizarre twist of fate as she too was allergic to mushrooms.. <<They usually look a bit warily at me now>>.. BUT! My third wife died from falling down the stairs, we'd had a bit of a row and she tripped and broke her neck while storming off in a huff down the stairs, it was a silly way to die really, just a stupid argument about why she wouldn't eat the mushrooms I'd picked for her...<<While they're still thinking about it all, ask them>> So, do you like mushrooms? :D
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LOL terrible but I might have a go with this story one day!
 
I was looking up about these and couldn't quite work out what they were but they look the same as the ones I get in my garden, I know nothing about them but just pick the up in a carrier bag and chuck em in the bin.

I'll come back the next day and they have sprouted up in another area! It's a pain as I need to keep track on them as my dog will blatantly eat them.
 
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