Citation

Evans N, Hamilton A, Bello-Villalba MJ, Bingham C. BMJ 2012; 345(online): e5262.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.e5262

PMID

22885396

Abstract

We were visiting family in the north of Scotland. We thought the mushrooms in the woods behind the house were ceps and chanterelles, but we were wrong. The “ceps” turned out to be Cortinarius speciosissimus, a cousin of the more widely known deadly webcap. I have picked mushrooms all my life and never before eaten anything without getting 100% confirmation from my two guide books. Our error with the supposed ceps was the result of two people each trusting the expertise of the other—and the consequences were catastrophic.

Language: en