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Mushroom Hunter Makes Near-Fatal Mistake
Experts Warn Against Unknown Mushroom Types
POSTED: 7:35 am CDT September 24, 2010
UPDATED: 8:05 am CDT September 24, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Wild mushroom hunting almost cost one Kansas man his life. Now his family wants other avid mushroom hunters to be careful this fall.
Last Friday, Robert Williams ate what he thought was a safe mushroom. Within hours, the man who's hunted wild mushrooms for more than 40 years was critically sick in the hospital.
The difference between what Williams was looking for and what he actually ate is hard to notice. His family said he ate the poisonous chlorophyllum molybdites, which looks similar to the volvariella speciosa.
"He knows what he's doing. If he got fooled, surely someone who is less knowledgeable would really get caught up in it," said Betty Williams, Robert's wife.
The Williamses said that what concerned them even further was doctors told them he was the second person admitted to the hospital with mushroom poisoning that day.
Conservationists said the No. 1 rule to remember with wild mushrooms is that if you don't absolutely know what it is, don't eat it.
Even if you do know the type of wild mushroom, only eat a small part of it at first.
"A safe mushroom for me may not be a safe mushroom for you. It may make you ill," said Jake Allman, of the Missouri Department of Conservation.
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Experts Warn Against Unknown Mushroom Types
POSTED: 7:35 am CDT September 24, 2010
UPDATED: 8:05 am CDT September 24, 2010
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Wild mushroom hunting almost cost one Kansas man his life. Now his family wants other avid mushroom hunters to be careful this fall.
Last Friday, Robert Williams ate what he thought was a safe mushroom. Within hours, the man who's hunted wild mushrooms for more than 40 years was critically sick in the hospital.
The difference between what Williams was looking for and what he actually ate is hard to notice. His family said he ate the poisonous chlorophyllum molybdites, which looks similar to the volvariella speciosa.
"He knows what he's doing. If he got fooled, surely someone who is less knowledgeable would really get caught up in it," said Betty Williams, Robert's wife.
The Williamses said that what concerned them even further was doctors told them he was the second person admitted to the hospital with mushroom poisoning that day.
Conservationists said the No. 1 rule to remember with wild mushrooms is that if you don't absolutely know what it is, don't eat it.
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[Broken External Image]:http://www.kmbc.com/2010/0924/25142790_200X150.jpg[/URL]Even if you do know the type of wild mushroom, only eat a small part of it at first.
"A safe mushroom for me may not be a safe mushroom for you. It may make you ill," said Jake Allman, of the Missouri Department of Conservation.
http://www.kmbc.com/news/25142391/d...tml=kc1_9am&tmi=kc1_9am_1_09000209242010&ts=H
Copyright 2010 by KMBC.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.