There is a simple reagent that will identify the safe one; probably in that great sounding book.
James-Osbourne: Holmes -----Original Message----- From: Malcolm Stebbins [mailto:s...@asis.com] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 6:56 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>RE: Glad cow syndrome Well, OTOH there is Stropharia Rogosoannulata (I kid you not!) commonly called the King or Garden Stropharia, wine mushroom, Omigodlookathesizathathing!! (colloq.) It is an undeniable saprophyte. So-called 'Stropharia Cubensis' are usually S. semiglobata, a "dung fungus" resembling P. cubensis but not blue staining. There are other imitators of the true blue P. spp. that stain blackish and will make you sicker 'n a dog or worse, so readers be warned that sampling some mushrooms can reduce your mileage right down to zero. I think you'd enjoy *Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms* by Stamets, Ten Speed Press. >From the Frontispiece . . . . . . . . . Mycotopia: An environment wherein ecological equilibrium is enhanced through the judicious use of fungi for the betterment of all lifeforms. In a transparently devious attempt to keep this on topic; the False idea that you can distinguish a poisonous mushroom from non-poisonous ones because it will discolor a piece of silver, or make it non-poisonous by cooking it with silver is yet more of the stuff S. globata grows on. Take care, Malcolm Ode Coyote wrote: > Ok, cool! > Ken > > At 08:31 AM 8/31/02 -0700, you wrote: > >Sorry Ken. Stropharia Cubensis is exactly the same as Psilocybe Cubensis > >and they do not grow on wood. They are coprophilous (dung lovers). > > > >Trem > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ode Coyote" <coyote...@earthlink.net> > >To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > >Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:36 AM > >Subject: RE: CS>RE: Glad cow syndrome > > > > > >> > >> Stropheria is a slightly different genus growing mostly in wood. There > >> are panaeolus cyanescens also in the patties in the Gulf area. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
