Poison Boy Says – Mushrooms Are Like Your Nose – If You Pick ‘Em, Don’t Eat ‘Em.
This is a guy who really, really loves mushrooms. Gotta give him credit for not taking any chances and growing his own in his apartment, vice rolling the dice and popping a random mushroom in his smiling pie-hole. More people are poisoned when they mistake poisonous mushrooms for non-poisonous ones. Mushroom toxicity can vary widely in the same geographic area, even mushrooms growing several yards apart. Europeans and people from Asia will frequently forage for mushrooms in their own backyards, then come to the United States and find identical, though toxic mushrooms. By growing his own psilocybin containing ‘shrooms in his own bathtub, this guy is like a mycological Safety Ranger, except he looks like he is legit crazy.
http://www.wtae.com/news/psychedelic-mushrooms-found-growing-in-hempfield-towers-apartment/36855818
Written by Poison Boy
Gerry O'Malley (a.k.a Poison Boy) is a board certified ER doctor and toxicologist with a interest in the unusual, terrifying and occasionally hilarious world of poisonings and toxicology. This site is an exploration of poisons of historical interest as well as in current events and pop culture.
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