Saturday, April 26, 2014

This is still a problem. There needs to be severe retrictions on "The Death Cap" Mushroom in the food supply.

The death cap, Amanita phalloides, from button stage to full-size fruiting body.

February 10, 2014
By Cat Adams

...When (click here) someone eats Amanita phalloides, she typically won’t experience symptoms for at least six and sometimes as many as 24 hours. Eventually she’ll suffer from abdominal cramps, vomiting, and severely dehydrating diarrhea. This delay means her symptoms might not be associated with mushrooms, and she may be diagnosed with a more benign illness like stomach flu. To make matters worse, if the patient is somewhat hydrated, her symptoms may lessen and she will enter the so-called honeymoon phase....