Poisoning by conditionally edible mushrooms

You can get serious poisoning by eating conditionally edible mushrooms( morels, mackerel, svinushek, some types of russules, etc.) if they are improperly cooked. In morels can contain poisonous substances, destroyed by boiling. The broth after boiling should be drained. By their nature, these poisonings are no different from ordinary intestinal disorders, which is manifested in nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. The first signs of poisoning occur already after 12 hours, sometimes 4 hours after the consumption of fungi. Recovery usually comes in 1-2 days.

There are frequent cases of poisoning by undercooked or poorly salted mushrooms.

Poisoning by fungi accumulating harmful and carcinogenic substances

All kinds of food with a rich mineral composition( seafood, animal liver, milk, mushrooms) have the property of accumulating in themselves both useful and harmful substances. If fungi grow in an environmentally hazardous area, they accumulate heavy metals and other harmful carcinogens. Therefore, in no case can you collect and consume mushrooms growing near large cities, near industrial plants, storage areas for agricultural fertilizers and pesticides that create an unhealthy ecological atmosphere.

The cause of poisoning can be fungi collected along the roadsides with high traffic, near railroad embankments, in wastelands and dumps. Mushrooms collected along the highway, easily absorb( absorb into themselves) lead from the exhaust gases of cars. Absorbing the harmful element, the fungi concentrate it in its fiber. The use of such fungi, even if they have been heat treated, leads to the accumulation in the body( especially in the kidneys) of lead, which is the strongest poison. The danger increases, because it is extremely difficult to remove this substance from the body. Lead is particularly harmful to children, the elderly and the weakened people, since its high concentration can lead to disability.

Do not use mushrooms, including edible ones, if they grow on the outskirts, near city dumps, along roads. Such mushrooms easily and willingly absorb( absorb) lead from the exhaust gases of cars.

Poisoning by fungi in case of improper storage

You can not "soar" the mushrooms in a plastic bag( Fig.).

Fig. Incorrect storage of

fungi. Collect them only in baskets and recycle as soon as possible - from storage in the warmth in the best mushrooms toxic substances can also be formed.

Food poisoning can cause canned mushrooms, which are stored in oxidizing containers. So, for salting and marinating mushrooms it is not allowed to use galvanized dishes, as zinc accumulates in mushrooms and causes severe poisoning. Such mushrooms are dangerous because, due to external signs, taste and smell, they almost do not differ from benign specimens.

Poisoning by mutant mushrooms

Recently, mushroom lovers have faced a serious problem, which is that among the edible fungi, mutants are increasingly found, and frequent poisoning is also associated with their appearance. True, the majority of mycologists cautious enough about such statements, because they believe that the inability to distinguish edible mushrooms from inedible mushrooms results in poisoning. However, to completely deny the version of the mutation of fungi should not be.