Health effects of Hericium erinaceus

Edible should mean it is as safe to eat as the generic white mushroom found at the supermarket, but then, you can overdose on vitamins.

It's review paper. The authors didn't do any original research for it. They went through multiple published papers that did such research, and consolidated those results in this paper; a review of others' work.

 

Mushrooms make me nervous, although I’m comfortable with store bought.
My daughter wanted to grow some on a log in the woods, i told mrs b not to put any in my salad

 

Mushrooms always remind me of The Beguiled. No thanks.

 

We bought a bag of Chaga (from YouTuber “My Self Reliance”: you make a tea with it, steep about an hour, or more. Supposedly lots of vitamins; appearance like thin coffee, and vaguely similar taste.

 

So, no talk about how death caps are spreading through North America then.

 

Not that I’ve ever heard, that’s why I let the experts handle it

 

This is a highly diverse group containing many species some of which are harmful or fatal. Appearances can be deceptive, so avoid in general unless you have access to adequate knowledge.

There are species range extensions that make 'location' a weaker predictor of safety than it had been.

A problem for immigrants among continents who can encounter something that by appearance was perfectly safe at old home. But lookalike at new home can kill.

 

i read that in italy, you pick your mushrooms, then take them to the local pharmacist for go/no go

 

Put different (appearing) species in separate bags.

 

and they post pictures in their windows to help do it yourselfers

 

The death cap story was interesting as it appears there might never have been a North America native species, but a European transplant that managed to make friends with native plants root systems.

 

I don't mind toadstools on a salad or a pizza, but I will happily limit my relationship with them.
There are easier things to hunt grow or gather.