Very interesting.... Scary to think of how many people are out there who are so dead set on 'getting high', they will resort to eating random wild mushrooms without even knowing how dangerous it really can be... I see threads on here all the time of people finding 'shrooms' in the woods and asking if it's okay to eat them. What's even worse is some of the idiots who respond telling them to 'go for it', when they, themselve's haven't got a clue... Hopefully, some of them will come across this thread and wisen up a bit.. Good post!
For real, its plain stupid to eat mushrooms you find. Personally i wouldnt risk eating any type of shroom i found on the ground, no matter how many people said its ok. Even if they WERE the right type, who knows what kind of stuff has come in contact with them...
Thats why I never advocate grazing. You might be experienced at picking but as soon as you've consumed a dose and you start going wirey you never know what you could be picking..
What's scary is that it's such an easy mistake to make! Over here liberty caps grow wild but I know of many other mushrooms of very similar appearance that grow side by side with them.