10-22-2005, 06:34 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-22-2005, 06:36 PM by Muddyboots.)
[color="red"]Warning![/color]
Be Very Careful should you choose to pick and eat wild mushrooms, you are taking your life into your own hands. You MUST know EXACTLY what you are doing. People who are experts in Fungal Taxonomy and field study have died from mistaken identification. Even Christopher Nyerges gets fooled sometimes at the first glance, then goes "Wait, this is not what I thought!" This is a guy who really does know his stuff. He was taught by a few of the top mushroom folks on the planet and has 30 years in the field of wild edibles. The Kingdom of Fungi is the least known of the five Taxonomic Kingdoms, you don't want to have a new mushroom named after you POSTHUMOUSLY!
The only correct way to learn to positively identify fungi is from an experienced expert. One who is familiar with the Fungi of your area. Books, videos, and internet discussions are fine, if you have already positively identified a specific fungus, as they can help you remember. They are not recommended for your initial education.
Ron Hood shows a little of the danger in his film "Solo Survival" (Woods Master Vol. 11). Fortunately he recovered from what could have been a grave illness.
Is it worth the risk?
A collaboration of The Posse
Be Very Careful should you choose to pick and eat wild mushrooms, you are taking your life into your own hands. You MUST know EXACTLY what you are doing. People who are experts in Fungal Taxonomy and field study have died from mistaken identification. Even Christopher Nyerges gets fooled sometimes at the first glance, then goes "Wait, this is not what I thought!" This is a guy who really does know his stuff. He was taught by a few of the top mushroom folks on the planet and has 30 years in the field of wild edibles. The Kingdom of Fungi is the least known of the five Taxonomic Kingdoms, you don't want to have a new mushroom named after you POSTHUMOUSLY!
The only correct way to learn to positively identify fungi is from an experienced expert. One who is familiar with the Fungi of your area. Books, videos, and internet discussions are fine, if you have already positively identified a specific fungus, as they can help you remember. They are not recommended for your initial education.
Ron Hood shows a little of the danger in his film "Solo Survival" (Woods Master Vol. 11). Fortunately he recovered from what could have been a grave illness.
Is it worth the risk?
A collaboration of The Posse
Shared pain is lessened, shared joy is increased!
Thus do we refute entropy. -S. Robinson
Communication is a Survival Skill! So is critical thinking!
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anythingâyou can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
Thus do we refute entropy. -S. Robinson
Communication is a Survival Skill! So is critical thinking!
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anythingâyou can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.