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rebeccathenaturalist · 6 months

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Okay. So I was willing to give Erin Patterson a chance to explain herself when this story first broke earlier this year. However, it would appear that investigators have found enough evidence to press murder charges.

If you haven't been following this story, Patterson picked death cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) and cooked them in a beef Wellington which she then served to family members and herself, but not her children. (The kids apparently had leftovers later but scraped the mushrooms off.) Everyone who ate the mushrooms, including Patterson, ended up in the hospital. She survived, but three people died, including her ex in-laws.

She initially claimed it was an accident, but it sounds like her story has enough inconsistencies to raise serious suspicion. It will be interesting to see how this all pans out in the courtroom.

Originally I saw this as yet another cautionary tale of making sure you don't pick the wrong mushrooms. However, maybe the moral of the story will end up being "don't try to murder people with toxic fungi, for all sorts of reasons." (Also, fiction writers take note of potential plot holes if you're going to use mushroom poisoning as a plot device!)

#wild mushrooms #mushrooms #mushroom poisoning #poisonous mushrooms #toxic mushrooms #fungi #fungus #foraging #true crime #murder

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memoriesofthepark · 4 months

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Eastern NA Destroying angel 》 Amanita bisporigera

Famous as some of the most toxic mushrooms currently described, the Destroying Angel name is shared by four species of white amanita mushrooms, the most popularly known being A. virosa, a species common in Europe.

A. verna also occurs in Europe but in the springtime, rather than the autumn as A. virosa does. A. ocreata is also known as the Western North American destroying angel. A. bisporigera (pictured here) occurs in eastern North America and south into Mexico.

While no harm can come from simply handling these deadly mushrooms, consuming a piece about the size of your thumbnail would likely be enough to kill you.

I've always been intrigued by these species and was very happy to find these specimens!! The name alone, I mean come on. Metal af! 🤍

Southeast Texas, 24 Dec. 2023

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balkanradfem · 2 years

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So the forest is absolutely filled with these weird-ass mushrooms; from the first glance, they look like penny buns, like you just found yourself a delicious healthy mushroom, but when you pick them up, they’re all red on their underside:

(I didn’t pick these up myself, I took pictures of the ones that were picked up and discarded, I wouldn’t pick a mushroom I can’t recognize, they’re healthy for the forest!)

I became obsessed with finding out what this mushroom is, because who knows, maybe it’s edible?? People just think it’s poisonous and throw it away but people don’t know all types of mushrooms, there’s power to be found in intelligence. So I googled ‘bolet mushroom red underside’ until I found this wiki page:

And it says ‘edible if cooked properly’ so I’m like YES, YEAH, I’LL COOK THEM, and I’m almost about to go to the forest to get all of those yummy red mushrooms, nevermind wiki page also says ‘Northen Europe’ and I’m south europe, and all of the pictures are from Ukraine and not here.

Then, a voice in my head goes ‘um, google poisonous types of boletes before you do this’, so I do, and I find there’s 2 poisonous types of boletes, the ‘bolete satan’, and ‘rhodoxanthus boletus’. And this is what you get when you google the second one:

So yeah, they’re poisonous. I convinced myself for a second they’re the pretty mushroom from the Ukraine, but no, they’re definitely the second one, poisonous. So don’t eat that :/

(but, you can use it... for other purposes, you know. Only it won’t kill anyone just cause them stomach problems.So keep that in mind.)

#poisonous mushrooms #mushroom research #rhodoxanthus boletus #poison #toxic mushrooms #inedible mushrooms #well at least now i can stop wondering

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mtzwrites · 8 months

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fun fact I have house plants

another fun fact I grew a toxic mushroom by accident in one of my said house plants

here he is

#mushrooms #toxic mushrooms #house plants #how did this happen idk man #it appeared over night #no animals or people touched the mushroom with out gloves for safety #what a way to start a day

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fireflyescaped · 8 months

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Lucky day 70 of running from the scientists

I found a yummy snack

#mushrooms #adventure #snacks #foraging #fools funnel #toxic mushrooms #edible mushrooms

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wyldefungi · 2 years

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How mushrooms clean up toxic messes

#fungi #fantastic fungi #mushroom info graphic #mycology #mushrooms #fungus #toxic attraction #fungi fan club

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hunnieknight · 3 months

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There is a request of Sheep!Reader and Tighnari, it is still in a draft but

#sheep getting drunk on toxic mushroom #because they just dont know shit #hunnietalk #hunnieramble

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jadafitch · 6 months

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DANGEROUS STUFF!

For Halloween, a pattern of some of the most poisonous, venomous & toxic plants & animals in the world... geographic cone snail, poison fire coral fungi, golden dart frog, voodoo lily, castor bean plant, deathstalker scorpion, deadly nightshade, Brazilian wandering spider, lily of the valley, oleander, redback spider, banded krait, autumn skullcap, diamondback rattlesnake, death cap, angel's trumpets, stonefish, poison hemlock, box jelly, blue-ringed octopus.

Prints, Tees & More

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miskiart · 3 months

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Can't stop taking poison damage ☠️

this is up until 12AM cst via theyetee.com

#toxic #waifu #poison #mushrooms #decay

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mycoblogg · 8 months

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amanita phalloides // death cap <3

this is the first time i'm posting a picture of fungi that *i* took, so no need to cite my sources here B-) anyway, i found these at the start of winter with my brother. it was really freaking bizarre, since i've hardly found that many mushrooms in person, but i found literally the most poisonous mushroom we know of. you can imagine i was going insane (positive) !!

#• finn's mycophotography <3 •#[amanita phalloides]#: death cap :#||#fungus #fungi #mycology #mushroom #mushrooms #photography #my photography #nature #earth #biology #autism #special interest #foraging #poison #toxic

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oliviarosaline · 1 month

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Small-Funnel Veil Amanita

Amanita multisquamosa

Amanita ser. Pantherinae

Also known as the White Panther Amanita, this species is found in forests east of the Great Plains in the United States. It has a mycorrhizal association with oaks and can sometimes be found near conifers as well. Likely psychoactive and presumed toxic. ☠️

Aug. 14th, 2023

St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

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sleepy-bebby · 2 years

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#memes #puns #meme #fungi #mushrooms #mushroom memes #fungi memes #mushroom harvesting #wholesome #cute memes #cute #toxic traits #relatable memes #relatable meme #relatable

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lost-fool-wandering · 1 year

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Ah well... its the mostly inedible kind :/

Ucháč obecný / Gyromitra esculenta

-L.F.

#mushroom #mushrooms #fungi #my photography #we take mushroom hunting very seriously in this house #when i say mostly inedible i also mean mostly toxic #deadliness depending on the area and preparation

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balkanradfem · 5 months

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to be completely fair, eating jam with glass in it is not that bad compared to the number of times you've poisoned yourself with various unknown plants/mushrooms...

well, are we now going to criticize me for every danger I put myself into,,, that could take a while

#for the record i never poisoned myself on a mushroom #i poisoned myself with toxic plants #food gone bad #and mold #keep it factual xD #also i was kinda starving when i ate that jam okay #there was no other options it was winter and my last jar

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greenfutures · 1 month

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Among the numerous issues that arise, one essential question involves waste. What do you do with the waste material from so many teardown structures, when so much of it is toxic?

"All of the material from demolition – the studs, the floors, cellulosic mass [the primary structural component of plants], and even things like ceiling tiles and asphalt material like roof shingles, can be mixed into substrate that then becomes good for growing fungus," says Chris Maurer, founder of Cleveland-based architect firm Redhouse Studio. Through his firm, Maurer has been advocating for the use of substrate to address Cleveland's housing crisis, which is also a health crisis for the city's inhabitants.

The mycelial matter and remaining substrate can then be compacted into “mycobricks” which have a similar density to hardwood, for use in new construction:

#mycobricks #mycelium #using mushrooms for toxic remediation #cleveland #ohio

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kingdrawcse · 7 months

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Chemistry behind Alice in Wonderland

Fly agaric, a classic toxic mushroom, is primarily toxic due to muscimol and ibotenic acid. Fatal doses are rare. Its notoriety lies in hallucinogenic effects, distorting perception of size, inspiring artists and even video games like "Alice in Wonderland" and "Super Mario." 🍄

#alice in wonderland #toxic plants #molecule #mushrooms #fungi #organic chemistry #chemblr #stemeducation #stem studyblr #did u know #amazing facts

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