Mushrooms fairy rings

On June 30, 1980 a teenager collected the mushrooms near Potsdam and misidentifled them as fairy ring mushrooms (Marasmius oreades (Bolt Fr.) Fr.). a species known as a choice table mushroom. At home, the teenager s father sauteed the mushrooms in margarine, and they were subsequently eaten by both of them. The son ate only about one-third of the cooked mushrooms. 

More cases of intoxications were reported in the years that followed and earlier cases could also be traced to this mushroom species. In each of these cases, the mushrooms were misidentifled as fairy ring mushrooms. 

Herein lies the most marked difference between Inocybe aeruginascens and other European psychotropic mushroom species Inocybe aeruginascens grows only in areas of human development. Their prime locations are in the middle of villages and towns, where they grow locally much like other Inocybe species. They may temporarily produce mass quantities of fruiting bodies, in those locations that are t5q)ical habitats for the edible varieties of the fairy ring mushroom. 

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