Context: after eating a death cap (Amanita phalloides), you'd notice a few of the symptoms at first, but these usually resolve after a day or two. After this, you'll enter a latent phase where you feel fine, but your liver and kidneys slowly start to fail. By the time you notice, it's usually already too late.

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[–] 5 points 8 months ago

For those who have experience, yes -- but to the inexperienced eye, there are some false morels that can definitely trick people.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=morel+lookalike+gyromytra&t=vivaldi&ia=web

We have some Gyromitra that pop up every year in one area of our backyard. They produce a molecule, gyromitrin, which is metabolized in the body into monomethylhydrazine, which is used in rocket fuel(!)... So be careful.

Apparently Gyromitra are consumed in Europe by some -- but only after careful preparation... I am not brave enough to try that :/

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