The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly
Ah, the tasty fruiting bodies of Basidiomycetes! (mushrooms to you ;-) The snag is that some are poisonous. Which ones? Well, that’s the risky bit. Taylor Lockwood is a biologist and photographer whose new DVD, The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly tries to teach you the basics about toxic mushrooms and their edible look-alikes.
Although they are beautiful, there is no simple way of knowing which fungi are safe to eat and which poisonous. Do not experiment with edible fungi, and get expert advice if you are in any doubt. Do not trust visual identification alone, whether from books or websites, as fungi vary tremendously in size, shape, colour and sometimes even in growing habitat.
Why not grow your own?
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- All About Fungi: Part 1
- Saturday Cimema: How mushrooms can save the world
- Ancient fungus farmers
- Death of mycology – a career opportunity?
Tags: Biology, Environment, Food, Fungi, Microbiology, Mycology, Science
