Recently, wild mushrooms in Guangdong Province have entered a period of vigorous growth and food poisoning caused by eating poisonous mushrooms often occurs. If you see beautiful mushrooms on the side of the road when you go out during the May Day holiday, please don't pick or eat them!

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The harm of poisonous mushrooms

The incubation period of poisoning mushrooms is 2 hours to 24 hours, and some are only about 10 minutes. Ingestion of poisonous mushrooms can cause damage to the liver, and patients will have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and liver pain. At present, there is no specific treatment for poisoning by toxic mushrooms, the symptoms of poisoning are serious and the mortality rate is high.

How to distinguish poisonous mushrooms?

Some wild poisonous mushrooms are similar in appearance to edible mushrooms, which are difficult to distinguish by appearance characteristics such as shape, smell and colour.

In the wild, non-toxic mushrooms often grow together with poisonous mushrooms, and non-toxic mushrooms are easily contaminated by the hyphae of poisonous mushrooms.

Therefore, it’s safer to not eat wild plants at all!

Common types of wild poisonous mushrooms in Guangdong

98% of deaths from poisoned mushrooms in Guangdong are due to Amanita verna. About 50 grams of Amanita verna can kill a 50 kg adult. Amanita verna often lives in groups under the shade of trees, distributed in Guangzhou, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing and other places, and is most common from March to June.

What should you do if you eat poisonous mushrooms?

1. Call an ambulance immediately.

2. Induce vomiting immediately. Take a lot of warm salt water, and then use fingers to stimulate the pharynx to promote vomiting which will reduce the absorption of toxins.

3. Pregnant women should be cautious about inducing vomiting.

4. If the poisoned person is in a coma, it is not advisable to induce vomiting, otherwise it may cause suffocation.

5. Cover with blankets for heat preservation.

6. Anyone who has eaten the same mushrooms should go to the hospital for examination immediately, regardless of whether they are sick or not.

Author | Alice

Editor | Steven, Jerry