Well Said Tanay ji, "it’s a great gesture to appreciate and cherish their beauties aesthetically". I had come across few asthetically good loking mushrooms during my recent nature trails which i will post seperately. regards Prashant
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:32 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Prasant Ji, > > Mushrooms are one of the enigmas of the living world. This particular group > of fungi has been of great human importance since time immortal. Some of > mushrooms like Truffles are considered as one most priced food around the > world along with high medicinal values. There are very few diseases in > medical science where mushroom have not contributed medicinally even when it > comes to most dreaded disease like cancer. > > While considering the positive uses of the mushroom the negative side can’t > be left alone. A group of organism which take a considerable number of lives > each year around the world, known to possess several highly toxic chemicals > which will make you lifeless within minutes of consumption. This will > obviously make you feel that they not an entity to fool around with. > > Mushroom hunting is one of the favourite hobbies in the western countries > but not so popular India still we see tribals and ethnic tribes around India > practise the same. Mushroom hunting is not just for fun but people consume > them as wild mushroom tastes much better than the cultivated varieties in > any aspect. As you said this is really a risk if you are not expert in the > field because one wrong step may lead you the hospital bed in no time. Hence > it’s a great gesture to appreciate and cherish their beauties aesthetically > rather than gastronomically. You will be delighted to know that one of the > well known political assignations of Julius Caesar was carried out by > Brutus using a toxic species of *Amanita*. Caesar was very fond of an > edible species of Amanita known as *Amanita caesarea* Brutus laced his > food with the toxic variety of the genus which directly sent him to Pluto > (roman god of death). > > > > Regards > > Tanay > > > > ======================================================================================================== > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Tanay for sharing this info. >> I was once told by one of my friend that while on nature trail, to be on >> the safer side consider every Mushroom as Poisonous. I think he was right. >> regards >> Prashant >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 10:07 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Dear All Members, >>> >>> Couple of days back Yazdy Ji posted photos of a wild mushroom growing in >>> his region which he informed us of being consumed by the locals villagers >>> collecting them from the wilderness. This particular topic leads us (me, >>> Pankaj Oudhia Ji and Nalini Ji) to discussion of poisonous mushroom and in >>> that same thread it wrote a couple of paragraph regarding the heavy metal >>> accumulation by mushrooms and mycelial fungi, is response to Nalini Ji’s >>> comment “*Mushrooms, especially wild growing store Caesium-137 and >>> Strontium and therefore only cultivated mushrooms were recommended to be >>> used in the kitchen, after the Tschernobyl accident. We were warned not to >>> eat the very good and popular mushroom Pfifferling (Cantharellus cibarius) >>> from Bavaria or Ukraine, because of the fallout there*.” >>> >>> >>> >>> Today in the morning while I was going through “Hindustan Times” Kolkata >>> Edition newspaper I came across a report where it was depicted that in the >>> Yunnan province of China mysterious death of people is occurring for last >>> 30-35 years. This particular province of China is known for supplying of >>> large varieties of wild mushroom collected by traditional mushroom hunters >>> who are well experienced while differentiating between edible and toxic >>> varieties of mushrooms. Researches conducted regarding the mystery death >>> lead scientists discover that killer. This killer is no one else but a >>> mushroom known as *Trogia sp* it is found growing wild in that region >>> and has no market value hence are solely consumed by the local people. The >>> research deciphered that the mysterious death of the people by >>> cardio-vascular failure is due to consumption of this particular mushroom >>> which has been found to accumulate high concentrations of Barium which >>> induces malfunctioning of heart muscles and nervous system of the consumer. >>> >>> Hopefully our discussion got more acceleration due to this new finding. >>> Kindly refer to the links below more details. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Yazdy Ji’s Post:* >>> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/ad2447327af482e7/67bf1389cb4e6331?hl=en#67bf1389cb4e6331 >>> >>> * * >>> >>> *Information about Trogia sp* >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trogia >>> >>> >>> >>> *Reports:* >>> >>> Telegraph (UK): >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7889001/Tiny-mushrooms-blamed-for-hundreds-of-deaths-in-China.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Washington Post: >>> >>> >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/13/AR2010071302551.html >>> >>> >>> >>> *Kindly use Google search for more news reports.* >>> >>> >>> >>> *Attaching the scan of the article came out in Hindustan Times Kolkata >>> Edition (dated 17th July 2010).* >>> >>> * * >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Tanay >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > > >
