YSK: foraging skills, especially for mushrooms, don't apply to other regions/continents
Why YSK: tourists and immigrants are killed or sickened due to eating plants and mushrooms they thought they foraged safely. The identification guidelines that work in Europe and Asia do not apply to North America, leading experienced foragers to accidentally harvest and collect the aptly named Death Caps.
It appears that, in North America, Southeast Asian immigrants and tourists face the highest risks, followed by those from Eastern Europe.
Edit to add: this is also a problem among migrants to Europe, resulting in deaths of Afghan and other refugees. Especially tragic considering the hardships they have already faced.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291345438_Revealed_The_Reason_Southeast_Asians_Are_Disproportionately_Poisoned_by_Consuming_Wild_Amanita_Mushrooms_in_North_America
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/05/immigrants-face-higher-risks-for-poisoning-from-foraging-wild-foods/
#Food_&_Drink
https://t.me/you_pfff
Why YSK: tourists and immigrants are killed or sickened due to eating plants and mushrooms they thought they foraged safely. The identification guidelines that work in Europe and Asia do not apply to North America, leading experienced foragers to accidentally harvest and collect the aptly named Death Caps.
It appears that, in North America, Southeast Asian immigrants and tourists face the highest risks, followed by those from Eastern Europe.
Edit to add: this is also a problem among migrants to Europe, resulting in deaths of Afghan and other refugees. Especially tragic considering the hardships they have already faced.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291345438_Revealed_The_Reason_Southeast_Asians_Are_Disproportionately_Poisoned_by_Consuming_Wild_Amanita_Mushrooms_in_North_America
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2019/05/immigrants-face-higher-risks-for-poisoning-from-foraging-wild-foods/
#Food_&_Drink
https://t.me/you_pfff