re: #159 Eventual Carrion

Yeah, I just looked them up and read up on them. It is advisable to totally stay away from eating them just to be safe.

Fourth person dies in California of mushroom poisoning

Fall begins the season for highly sought-after wild chanterelle mushrooms in Northern California, and for the amanita species of mushroom that include what are known as “death cap” and “death angel” varieties.

Mushroom experts said that young poisonous North American amanitas found in the San Francisco Bay Area can often look like an edible version of a wild mushroom popular in Asia.