Mushroom Poisoning

They grow best when the weather is warm and humid. Then people, having foraged for mushrooms, return from their foray in the forests with baskets full of different kinds of fungi. This is a pastime that involves a certain risk and yet among the 5000 varieties of fungi that exist in central Europe only a relatively small number – about 150 types – are toxic.

von Jane Funke und Hannelore Gießen
01.09.2008