Just because mushrooms come from the earth do not be lulled into thinking they are one of Mother Nature’s nutritious supplements, because some of those so-called meat for vegetarians will fucking KILL YOU.
Two people have died after eating poisonous mushrooms at a New Year’s Eve dinner party in Canberra. The fungal culprit is known as the ‘Death Cap’ mushroom – whose name you’d think is ominous enough to keep people the hell away; nature’s sadistic joke, however, has made the Death Cap very similar in appearance to the completely edible Straw Mushroom, which is undoubtedly what these poor people thought they were dining on at the time. This particular strain of ‘shroom was responsible for the high profile mushroom-related death of Roman Emperor Claudius.
Death Cap Mushrooms aren’t the only garden vegetables that can take you out. Here are some other foodstuffs to be wary of if you want to live.
CHERRIES: Psyched about cherry season finally being here? Me too. But beware, because if you aren’t careful you could DIE. No shit – cherry seeds contain certain amounts of cyanide, so if you chew or swallow enough of them it can result in kidney failure, convulsions, and death from respiratory arrest.
POTATOES: Ahh. Good old versatile spuds – you can’t go wrong with potato!… or CAN YOU. Have you ever noticed a tater in your kitchen that’s turned green or begun to sprout potato-spawn? They turn green because it’s full of glycoalkaloid poison from sun exposure which can be deadly. Destroy them before they destroy you.
NUTMEG: Ingesting large amounts of this baked goods staple can get you high – it’s a hallucinogenic drug; but be warned: it can lead to “nutmeg psychosis” and even suicide ideation – which can lead to suicide.
CASTOR SEEDS – RICIN: BREAKING BAD SPOILER ALERT: Did you see the end of Breaking Bad Season 4? Holy shit. Ricin right! It comes from Castor plants that make castor oil, the Bob Katter of edible household oils. Before the oil is bottled for consumption, the seeds are extracted because they are full of ricin – a substance lethal enough to make an uzi flinch.
Via news.com.au
