Stalker was intrigued by a letter into one of the national papers recently, warning of the dangers of the death cap mushroom.
The letter referred to an article which described “ the striking and hallucinogenic death cap mushroom” The correspondent wrote -” The death cap is not hallucinogenic or psychoactive, but as its name implies, it is extremely poisonous and is responsible for most cases of fatal and near-fatal poisonings every year. Nor is it particularly striking and it can be confused with harmless mushrooms. Moreover , it is very common in Irish woodlands in autumn and poses a significant danger to casual mushroom foragers who are not familiar with it.”
A word of warning for sure in this the foraging season.
