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Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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Re: Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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There is an AI generated book about mushroom foraging that gives fake, dangerous advice.

Do you think that's relevant in this case?

Do they think dangerous advice on mushroom foraging is relevant to the topic of someone maybe having died from eating the wrong mushroom sourced from mushroom foraging? Do you think it's not relevant? It might not be that interesting, but you and I already made an off-the-cuff remark into way more of a thing than it deserved.

Just downvote if you don't like the comment.

Re: Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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post #3

I am curious, does similar 'mushroom posioning' starts happening in last few years, or does similar incidents happened across last decades?

Wild mushroom foraging is pretty common in Eastern Europe. Warnings about it in elementary school was why I was scared of eating mushrooms for a decade (admittedly a rather childish overreaction ;). Every few years I will hear about someone getting severely ill. Context: growing up in Bulgaria in the 90s and 00s.

Re: Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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post #5

Definitely could be foul play, but I’ve also known a few older Russians who were very proud of their mushroom foraging skills.

At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

Re: Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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What is recommended reading for getting started with mushroom foraging? It seems like such an interesting activity.

The vast majority of literature on the subject that I have seen uses drawings, not pictures... Probably part of the reason why this hobby has the reputation of killing people (in my country, Bulgaria, during the 90s and 00s). Not really answering your question, but it reminded me of...

Re: Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’

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post #13
post #5

Definitely could be foul play, but I’ve also known a few older Russians who were very proud of their mushroom foraging skills.

At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up, it's not that hard to learn edible mushrooms, poisonous mushrooms and ignore the rest which may be edible but also not.

> At 77 years, he certainly knew what he's picking up,

Objection, conjecture!

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