Happens to some SE Asians in North America too, because the edible straw mushroom from SE Asia resembles one here called "death cap". Amanita phalloides. What's fucked up is right before it kills you your symptoms actually improve, so people get discharged from the hospital and think they are going to be ok. I forage mushrooms but I stay away from white gilled mushrooms completely.

[–] argentcorvid@midwest.social 15 points 7 months ago

Yeah I had my yard full of destroying angels last summer, when they first showed up I was all "sweet! Mushrooms!" Because they look real similar to agaricus. But then I saw the white gills, and was all :(.

And I made sure to tell my kids not to mess with them and why.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

I never thought about this being possible and now I can't help but laugh at how deceptive nature is.