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RE: Foraging mushrooms - the big find
I might see a Macrolepiota species in there and newbies should make sure that they don't have Chlorophyllum molybdites, the toxic lookalike. They are easily distinguished from eachother by the green gills/spores in C. molybdites. As for the Macrolepiota, those are a little tougher to identify to species.
I agree with you, mushrooms in the forest must be taken very carefully, because there are many cases of poisoning. Therefore, I do not recommend newbies to collect mushrooms in a book, but only with an experienced mushroom picker.