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

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Post by fennecfoxy » Tue, Sep 05, 2023, 8:37 AM UTC

renegade-otter wrote: post #35

This is not really suspicious. I regularly went foraging for shrooms in Ukraine with my gram gram, but I was not allowed to pick anything, of course. It requires expertise. In that part of the world, this is very common, and so are the cases of people poisoning themselves because they think they are good at it. If you can't relate - think of all the "gun people" who think they are experts on gun safety and then they…

holds person underwater at the beach

It's not suspicious at all! People go swimming and get into trouble with rip tides all the time! Nothink to see here.

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

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Post by kozzz » Wed, Sep 06, 2023, 7:11 AM UTC

horttemppa wrote: post #83

horttemppa wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Finland it’s pretty common to go mushroom hunting. Between 1969-2006 eight people died because of mushroom poisoning. Three of them died 20-30 years after the initial poisoning due to kidney transplant issues. So at least here it’s not very common to get killed by mushrooms even though many people enjoy foraging.

And to add: in spring time many Finns pick a deadly poisonous mushroom (Gyromitra esculenta) and boil it 2x5min to remove the poison and cook it as a delicassy after that. Never heard anyone get poisoned by it.

Funny fact is that in Russia it is not considered poisonous. There is a special category of “provisionally edible” or “conditionally edible” mushrooms - those that are poisonous if eaten without preparation

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

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Post by iavael » Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 7:06 AM UTC

wand3r wrote: post #72

Top 2 comments from people who live in the region. This is extremely unlikely This is not really suspisvious

It's unlikely enough for such cases to get in the news. But these type of news are quite regular, so mushroom poisonings are not rare that much to be suspicious.

In this case what's outstanding is the person, not circumstances.