There was some interesting coverage here on Belgian tv (as foraging is getting more and more popular here). The tv guy picked 10 different kinds of mushrooms and identified them using an app. Afterwards he took the mushrooms to Ghent Uni and had them identified by one of our top specialists. 4 out of these 10 were identified as edible but were actually severely sick making to even lethal. Here in Belgium the number of people ending up in ER has gone up by 400% the last couple of years.
Can you take them to the pharmacist and have them identified like you can ( or could ) in France ? It always seemed a bit unreliable as identification is really tricky with many species without taking spore prints.
There was some interesting coverage here on Belgian tv (as foraging is getting more and more popular here). The tv guy picked 10 different kinds of mushrooms and identified them using an app. Afterwards he took the mushrooms to Ghent Uni and had them identified by one of our top specialists. 4 out of these 10 were identified as edible but were actually severely sick making to even lethal. Here in Belgium the number of people ending up in ER has gone up by 400% the last couple of years.