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Legitimately toxic meant in the context of likely to be fatal, of which there only a handful of species. And Pantherina's can be eaten fresh, the same as muscaria, but better psychoactive effects with reduction of side effects does come from drying/processing in some way/brewing into a tea etc.
And I'm not meaning to encourage rogue eating of whatever wild mushrooms can be found in the slightest, I just disagree with the general level of phobia often associated with mushrooms and the initial assumption that it's a wild mushroom, so it'll probably kill you. The vast majority of 'inedible' species either taste like shit, have a horrible texture, or will make you feel rough - you have to seriously fuck up to be at any real risk of dying or being hospitalised from wild mushrooms.
The biggest risk these days - in London at least - comes from enforcement of the prohibitive laws preventing foraging, hence why far more news articles cover prosecution of foragers rather than fatal mushroom incidents (at least as far as I've seen).
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spicknspangled
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Well, 'theres plenty that'll do serious damage' is quite different from 'there's only a couple mushrooms that are legitimately toxic'.
According to a quick Google the pantherinas are poisonous unless dried:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/amanita-pantherina
And getting massively fucked up when you weren't expecting it would clearly not be fun either
I would love to eat more wild mushrooms and if it was true that only a couple of species were toxic, I would... I don't think it is though?