Newsgroups: sci.bio
Path: utzoo!rising
From: rising@utzoo.uucp (Jim Rising)
Subject: mushroom
Message-ID: <1988Oct3.131434.4520@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 88 13:14:34 GMT

I'm not a mycologist, but am a sometime mushroom collector.  Sounds
like you have shaggy manes--which are good to eat, but don't do it without
confirming identification.  One closely related species (inky cap) can
cause discomfort if ingested with alcohol (seriously!).

--Jim Rising
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