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Which mushrooms are edible and which are poisonous - how to tell the difference and avoid mistakes
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✅ Common Edible Mushrooms

Here are the most popular and safe ones when properly identified:

1. White Boletus (Corporinus)

Fleshy stem, light-colored cap

Stem without a skirt and without a growth at the base

The cut does not change color

2. Birch Boletus

The cap is brown, the stem has dark scales

Grows near birch trees

3. Aspen Boletus

The cap is orange-red

The cut may turn blue - this is normal

4. Butter Dish

Slippery brown cap

Often with a "skirt" on the stem

5. Chanterelles

Yellow-orange, funnel-shaped

The flesh does not crumble and is not wormy

6. Honey Mushrooms (autumn)

Grow in clusters on stumps

Have A skirt on the stem

⚠️ Look-alike mushrooms that are often confused with edible mushrooms
❌ False honey mushrooms

No skirt on the stem

Bright yellow or orange

Gills are green or rusty

❌ False chanterelles

Brighter in color, with loose flesh

Easily crumble when broken

☠️ The most poisonous mushrooms
🔴 1. Death cap (the main killer!)

Green, gray, or white cap

At the base is a tuber and volva (sac)

Skirt on the stem

Weak odor, neutral taste

Poisoning is fatal in 90% of cases.

🔴 2. Red Fly Agaric

Red cap with white spots

Stem with a skirt and thickening

Causes hallucinations and poisoning

🔴 3. Panther Agaric

Gray or olive cap with white spots

More poisonous than the red fly agaric

🔴 4. Satan's Mushroom

Similar to a porcini mushroom

The cut quickly turns red or blue

Unpleasant, hydrogen sulfide odor

🔴 5. False Puffballs

Dark or brown inside

Only those with white inside are edible

❗ Main Safety Rules

✅ Don't pick mushrooms:

that you don't recognize

without a stem (the dangerous part may be cut off)

with an unpleasant odor

near roads, landfills, and Factories

✅ Don't eat raw mushrooms!

✅ Use a basket, not bags - mushrooms "suffocate" and release toxins.

✅ Always clean and process mushrooms immediately.

🧠 The main rule for mushroom picking:

If you have the slightest doubt, DON'T pick them!

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