Ohio foragers are accidentally poisoning themselves with lethal mushrooms

A bad trip from mushrooms can be described as a journey to a dark corner of the mind. A bad trip is a journey to an emergency room where deadly toxins can cause death.

Those who go for wild mushrooms in the US without knowing anything about mycology are in for a frightening experience. They probably don't know that there are several lethal varieties of mushrooms in the country, which are almost indistinguishable from safe mushrooms, and that some of them taste good. The toxins take hours to kick in.

Doctors in Ohio are warning against mushroom hunting after a number of people were poisoned by these fatal fungi. Cincinnati Children's Hospital put out a warning last month that they had received patients who had been poisoned by eating wild mushrooms. The hospital advised against eating wild mushrooms. It advised people with symptoms after eating a wild mushroom to call the poison control center.

Doctors in Cleveland reported an increase in mushroom poisonings and warned against eating foraged mushrooms. Between the dates of Sept. 15 and Oct. 15 in Northeast Ohio, it is a very, very dangerous proposition for anyone. Pierre Gholam, a professor at Case Western Reserve University, told Cleveland.com that things tend to grow at that time. You're playing Russian roulette with your health.

This year's mushroom bloom was expected to be bad due to the area's humid, rainy summer. He said that he could see that this was not going to be a good season.

Trippy toxins

Amanita mushrooms are thought to be lethal. There are many Amanita species, many of which are not harmful, but all of the lethal ones are classified in the section phalloideae The "death cap" is included in the section. There is a cluster of all-white species that are sometimes called "death angels" and are found in the eastern and western US.

Amatoxins are included in this lethal lineup of mushrooms. Mushroom poisoning is the leading cause of death in the world. They are so dangerous because they can easily be confused with other mushrooms. Death caps can look a lot like mushrooms. There are angels that can be mistaken for mushrooms. In Cleveland, Gholham treated a patient who had eaten a deadly Amanita mushroom he found in his yard after using a plant identification app on his phone. It was close to killing him.

Once eaten, the mushrooms' amatoxins are absorbed through the gastrointestinal tracts. One of the most important organs in the body is theLiver, which is one of the most important organs in the body for makingProtein. Amatoxins work by blocking a keyidase in the process of making a newProtein. The cascade of trouble that results in cell death is caused by the blocking of this enzyme. In what's called an enterohepatic cycle, some of the toxin gets flushed in urine, but some gets taken out of the body with bile acids and returned to the body.

You can't avoid these toxins if you accidentally pick a mushroom. They are safe. They are broken down without cooking, freezing, or drying.