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Morels and St George’s are beginning to appear in numbers across the country – the mushroom season has truly begun! . . .

Wow! What a year for stinkhorns! This aptly-named mushroom (Phallus impudicus) can be both stunningly smelly and positively pornographic in appearance.

The subject of fungal toxicity is a source of constant fascination for many people, yet it is one which is very improperly understood – particularly by the mycophobic British. While there are certainly plenty of mushrooms which are poisonous enough to kill an adult, in practice the list of dangerous mushrooms is much shorter than one might imagine . . .