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Abstract
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Mr. Michael A. Parsont, Alameda County (California)
Health Department, reported that 2 persons became ill from 15 to 20 minutes after eating mushrooms. Symptoms included nausea, dizziness, numbness, and vomiting. One individual also had halucinations. The mushrooms had been picked fresh and then stored inarefrigerator. Prior tocooking, they were peeled and cleaned, then boiled until tender and fried. Examination of similar types of mushrooms revealed 1 type considered to be very poisonous and another type probably poisonous.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health reported 2 cases of an illness thought to be due to the ingestion of mushrooms. About 4 hours after eating the mushrooms, picked fresh and then fried, one person became very sleepy and the other became unconscious. Mushrooms were present in vomi- tus but the variety was not identified. It was reported that they did not appear to be of the poisonous species.
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