Yum, thank you. we had some Shaggy Ink Caps the other day -)

Magical forest 🙂

Is ut still commonly agreed upon that consuming shaky ink caps with alcohol or infact 2 days after alcohol is toxic?

Thanks for sharing and taking us along.

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Very clear and informative. I'm always nervous about picking mushrooms. The only ones I'm certain about are shaggy inkcaps and 'hedgehog' mushrooms. Please, pleeease, can we have another video showing some more woodland mushrooms. Loads where I live, but I'm afraid to pick 'em!!

With DNA work over the past few years, there's a lot better understanding of the Coprinoids – all those auto-digesting inky mushrooms. The inky caps that contain Coprine, the mushroom chemical that causes problems in metabolizing alcohol, have all been put in the genus Coprinopsis. The Shaggy Ink Cap is in the Coprinus genus. It doesn't contain any Coprine at all. Mushrooms in the Coprinellus genus don't have Coprine either. I think there's some real confusion in identification, though. I see so many people confusing Coprinopsis variegata (the Scaly Ink Cap) with Coprinus comatus (the Shaggy Mane or Shaggy Ink Cap). People making that mistake are consuming Coprine without knowing it. I enjoy eating the Scaly Ink Cap and other Coprinopsis mushrooms, but I sure plan ahead and put the alcohol aside for a few days afterwards, too. But with the Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus), Mica caps (Coprinellus micaceus) and others in the Coprinus or Coprinellus genuses, the Coprine-alcohol risk doesn't exist.

you should cut mushrooms with a knife just above the soil in order for it to re-grow. Picking them the way it is shown destroys the habitat!

Really enjoyed this. Thanks Margaret!

As she said "even if you have only 1% of doubt don't bother", don't try them! 😉