Toadstools

[Michael Gochfeld]

Chris chastized Ron:     Be sure to get a second opinion on the ID of 
those mushrooms before you eat them next time!
..............Chris


If you think there are controversies over leps, you should have read the 
heated exchange among some mycologists in the 1950's. Alexander Smith 
(author of several mushroom books) was accused of not being a real 
mycologist because he didn't eat the mushrooms he studied, while he 
accused those who did of being chronically under their influence. 

Les Short (AMNH Ornithologist) said he always tried to eat the birds he 
collected. 

Som do Monarchs really taste worse than Viceroys? I'm sure someone must 
have rendered a formal opinion. 

Mike Gochfeld

 
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