Poison mushroom alert in Tak after three Myanmar migrants die

[rooster59]

Poison mushroom alert in Tak after three Myanmar migrants die

By The Nation

 

Local residents in the northern province of Tak have been warned to avoid poisonous wild mushrooms after three Myanmar workers died after eating them.

 

On Friday, Mae Sot Hospital director Somyos Krinthathan led hospital officials to alert the public about the danger of consuming wild mushrooms.

 

Somyos said a lot of wild mushrooms had grown after the rainy season started.

 

He said three Myanmar workers collected and ate a type of wild mushroom that looked like eggs in Ban Thongchai village in Tambon Dan Mae Lamao recently and died.

 

Somyos and hospital officials have handed out pamphlets in Thai and Myanmar languages to advise them of the danger.

 

Somyos said people needed to be made aware of the danger urgently to prevent more deaths.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30370377

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-02

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[kwak250]

There are some nasty mushrooms about i remember in my youth a group of us going to Wales to pick mushrooms many moons ago.

My car used to change shape if you ate the wrong ones.

[Vacuum]

3 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Somyos said people needed to be made aware of the danger urgently to prevent more deaths.

Indeed, a photo of said mushrooms could help.....

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Indeed, a photo of said mushrooms could help.....

Try the internet, it's a wonderful tool!

[Vacuum]

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

Try the internet, it's a wonderful tool!

Yes, obviously I'm using it, hence I could red the article. And the best description the author could come up with was:

Quote

a type of wild mushroom that looked like eggs

 

[thaiguzzi]

Missus is out with her "gang of girls" as i type.

Well no, prolly finished by now and on the box of Chang.

But each morning this week, regardless of pissing it down or not, dressed in her disco clothes (wellies, lumberjack shirt, t -shirt over the head etc) she's out there first light of day.

Still got bags of mushrooms in the freezer from last year...

 

'Tis mushroom picking season !!!

[geoffbezoz]

5 hours ago, kwak250 said:

There are some nasty mushrooms about i remember in my youth a group of us going to Wales to pick mushrooms many moons ago.

My car used to change shape if you ate the wrong ones.

Yes but in my day mushrooms in Wales were just "magic"

[Con Peoples Fund]

5 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Indeed, a photo of said mushrooms could help.....

mate of mine his from esarn country and he is expert at finding food in the bush. once he gave me some mushrooms and i ask him how he tell is the mushrooms is poisonous or not? He told me just look if theres any insects or ants on the mushrooms if not a single insects on or near it then do not eat it. i was amazed i didnt thinking about it before, just simple common sense

[Tonyt00]

Well, your mate is Dead wrong! That doesnt mean anything, just something made up.

[Tayaout]

I have seen them. I thought they looked like edible mushroom I used to pick in Canada. However they are still too small to be identified accurately. 

 

They look like small eggs.