Beware in the mushroom forest
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
Water drops on destroying angel cap
|
Destroying angel
|
Valge kärbseseen
|
Amanita virosa |
|
Death cap
|
Roheline kärbseseen
|
Amanita phalloides |
The weekend will bring fine weather for forest rambles and there are plenty of destroying angel mushrooms, looking quite appealing, in our forests. This fatally poisonous mushroom has been mistaken for the edible gipsy mushroom (Rozites caperatus) and the champignons.
The destroying angel and the death cap have caused the large majority (estimate, up to 90%) of poisoning cases ending in death in our mushroom forests. The latency period of the poison is very long, twelve hours or sometimes even 24 hours, and by that time it is difficult to save a victim. Other Amanita fungi are also poisonous - not as badly, but better let them all remain in the forest.
Death cap mushroom
What has the death cap been mistaken for? Mostly the green russula. In the last years some excellent muchroom books have been published in Estonia. As a pocket book "100 söögiseent (100 edible mushrooms)”, authors Kuulo Kalamees and Vello Liiiv, and published in 2007, can be warmly recommended. Last week it could still be found in the larger bookshops
Tags: 
