”This video is just highlighting the dangers of gathering fungi. This is by no means an identification video more a high level with a snippet of information. For more visit as many resources as I do and do your research please. This one is the biggest killer.
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As with the Amanita we see the volva, white gills sometimes with the remnants of the universal veil it grows out from. The cap (5-15cm) can vary as here being light olive green but can change to yellow or tanned brown. It also gets slimy when wet. Gills are white to cream depending with age free from the stipe (stem).
The stipe has erupted from the sac at the base (volva) that tapers towards the cap keeping a similar yet faded colour to the cap – so can also appear pale. The top of the volva will appear to be attached to the stipe and patterns of zig zag mottling appear upon itThe skirt in the video wasn’t present as it was still covering the gills. They often remain intact with striations are sometimes visible on top but not always. The volva itself was under the ground surface and very large and obvious here. The flesh inside is white. I find it more often with oak (mycorrhizal fungi) but other hard woods and some softwoods so generally in mixed woodlands. Spores are white. It has a sickly smell which develops with ages. DO NOT LET ANY OF THIS GET INGESTED.
The effects of this is stated in the video but can start in a few hours starting in a few hours with vomiting diarrhoea for a few days. Sometimes recovery seems to happen but the main poison the alpha-amatoxin that’s kills liver cells gets circulated round the body and results in death. Hydration, dialysis, new kidneys and liver are reported to be the only solution.
