Yes, indeed. It is dangerous if you're not super paranoid. When I started hunting mushrooms in Northern California I first acquainted myself with all the amanitas. Some of the amanitas are highly edible, such as the Amanita Calyptoderma or Coccora. My forest was full of amanitas and especially those Coccora Italians love. I decided not to eat them, after trying them and deciding I could live without them. I went for the unmistakeable fungi such as hedgehogs, bolitas , chanterelles, oysters, shaggy manes, certain agaricus and a few others. Stayed away from all LBMs (little brown mushrooms) as there are so many and there's no telling what's what. I think the only reason people eat the deadly amanitas, which even look deadly, is because they look like an edible in their home country. I know this has happened to the Cambodians a few times.
There were a LOT of mushroom hunters in my neck of the woods and I never heard of any poisonings. Most inedible will make you sick but not dead. If you can get some training by a qualified mushroom pro, it's worth it. Very fun hobby but I almost drove myself insane trying to figure out all the shrooms.
Yes, indeed. It is dangerous if you're not super paranoid. When I started hunting mushrooms in Northern California I first acquainted myself with all the amanitas. Some of the amanitas are highly edible, such as the Amanita Calyptoderma or Coccora. My forest was full of amanitas and especially those Coccora Italians love. I decided not to eat them, after trying them and deciding I could live without them. I went for the unmistakeable fungi such as hedgehogs, bolitas , chanterelles, oysters, shaggy manes, certain agaricus and a few others. Stayed away from all LBMs (little brown mushrooms) as there are so many and there's no telling what's what. I think the only reason people eat the deadly amanitas, which even look deadly, is because they look like an edible in their home country. I know this has happened to the Cambodians a few times.
There were a LOT of mushroom hunters in my neck of the woods and I never heard of any poisonings. Most inedible will make you sick but not dead. If you can get some training by a qualified mushroom pro, it's worth it. Very fun hobby but I almost drove myself insane trying to figure out all the shrooms.