07-08-2023, 03:31 PM
Perhaps there should be a place you can take any mushrooms picked in the wild to be checked before eating them. In France they can take to the chemist to be checked first so maybe something similar just to be sure - & safe.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/suspec...25faa83539
The poisoning is being investigated by the Homicide Squad."We have had a significant loss to the Korumburra community this week," he said.
"Many people in our community are grieving the loss of three very important, much-loved and very well-respected people in our community
Reverend Ian Wilkinson's wife, Heather, a local teacher; her sister, Gail Patterson; and husband Don Patterson, died after eating toxic wild mushrooms at lunch with friends, according to police.
Police say the two couples were dining at a home in Leongatha, almost two hours south-east of Melbourne, last Saturday.
They became sick the following day and went to hospital thinking it was gastro, but their conditions deteriorated.
Wilkinson, 66, and her 70-year-old sister, Gail, died during the week and Patterson died on Saturday night.
Wilkinson and another friend remain in hospital while other guests from the lunch have since been discharged.
The Homicide Squad raided a house in Leongatha [b]on Saturday[/b] and detectives questioned a 48 year-old local woman."
The Victorian Health Department released a warning about death cap and yellow staining mushrooms in April, reporting a spike in the state due to cool and wet conditions.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/suspec...25faa83539
"A regional community in Victoria's east is in mourning after three people died from eating poisonous wild mushrooms at a lunch with friends.
A fourth person, Reverend Ian Wilkinson, who is a pastor at Korumburra Baptist Church in Victoria's Gippsland region, is fighting for life in hospital after also eating the mushrooms with them.The poisoning is being investigated by the Homicide Squad."We have had a significant loss to the Korumburra community this week," he said.
"Many people in our community are grieving the loss of three very important, much-loved and very well-respected people in our community
Reverend Ian Wilkinson's wife, Heather, a local teacher; her sister, Gail Patterson; and husband Don Patterson, died after eating toxic wild mushrooms at lunch with friends, according to police.
Police say the two couples were dining at a home in Leongatha, almost two hours south-east of Melbourne, last Saturday.
They became sick the following day and went to hospital thinking it was gastro, but their conditions deteriorated.
Wilkinson, 66, and her 70-year-old sister, Gail, died during the week and Patterson died on Saturday night.
Wilkinson and another friend remain in hospital while other guests from the lunch have since been discharged.
The Homicide Squad raided a house in Leongatha [b]on Saturday[/b] and detectives questioned a 48 year-old local woman."
The Victorian Health Department released a warning about death cap and yellow staining mushrooms in April, reporting a spike in the state due to cool and wet conditions.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)