"Hunting for mushrooms? Follow these 4 essential safety rules" By Stephan Lukacic

With the ever-increasing popularity of mushroom hunting in Canada, there’s a critically important concept beginner foragers need to fully understand: mushrooms are little chemical factories. Some of the compounds they produce are delicious, and some can help us heal. Others can make us extremely ill, however, and some can even kill us, such as those found in the deadly Amanita bisporigera (pictured above).

That makes it extremely important to be able to tell the difference between toxic fungi and those that  are safe to eat. If you’re new to mushroom hunting, here are four key rules to keep in mind.

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