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How Do I Tell If a Mushroom Is Safe to 

Eat?                                                                                                         

Parasols. The first thing for even an amateur 

mushroom hunter to remember is to avoid 

parasol-shaped mushrooms, or mushrooms 

that look like wide-open umbrellas with white 

rings around the stem and white, milky gills. 

These mushrooms, especially brightly colored 

and spotted parasols, may be Amanitas, 

mushrooms full of one of nature's deadliest 

poisons. False Morels. Another type of 

mushroom to avoid are so-called "false 

morels." 

   If you see a mushroom with 

wrinkled, irregular caps that look like 

brain coral or saddles, with a bottom 

edge that hangs free around the base, 

avoid it. 

  Others. This list is hardly 

exhaustive, but over at the Missouri 

Department of Conservation's guide to 

poisonous mushrooms, they list a few 

more, like the sweet-smelling Jack 

O' Lantern and the catch-all "Little 

Brown Mushroom" that's hard to 

distinguish.

   This list is hardly exhaustive, but 

over at the Missouri Department of 

Conservation's guide to poisonous 

mushrooms, they list a few more, 

like the sweet-smelling Jack O' 

Lantern and the catch-all "Little Brown 

Mushroom" that's hard to distinguish. 

They point out that experienced 

mushroom hunters will be able to tell 

the non-poisonous false morels from 

the dangerous ones, and some of them 

are only poisonous if you have an 

allergy to them, but many are best to 

avoid entirely if you're out camping 

and want to try your hand at foraging.

     How Do I Tell If a Mushroom Is Safe to Eat?                                                                                                         

Puffballs. Round, fluffy, and often large, the 

puffball is the quintessential safe-to-eat forest 

mushroom. They can be anywhere from an inch to 

12 inches in diameter, and grow in late summer 

and fall in soil or on decaying wood. They're 

particularly good fried or deep fried, but you should 

slice them open to inspect them first, just to make 

sure they're not young parasols. 

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