The most chilling mushrooms in the world ..
The charms of the Fungi Kingdom 🍄
Fungi are misfit organisms. Although they are much closer genetically to animals than plants, they were considered to be plants for centuries. Their cell structure is unique, as is their manner of living. They belong to a world entirely of their own.
Have you ever eaten the cap mushroom? If you’re chewing a little now, that’s fine. Just do not drink for a while. This fungus does not harm sober people, but it lowers the wrath of God to drinkers.
The mushrooms are quite nice that grow well in places occupied by humans. They are taken to lawns, pastures and abandoned land, where the soil is disturbed regularly. They come out of the ground like oblong and white bells that then spread out to look like umbrellas. The gills at the bottom become a striking black, slowly graying the upper half of the fungus. The hats look tasty, and many people should be tempted to eat a bite.
For the most part, one bite is fine. Although inky tapas are not food mushrooms, and should not be made at a large meal or long-term meal, usually a single mushroom will not do you any harm.
Except that the inky are also called drunken bane. They take a rather puritanical view of the drink. People who drink anywhere from three hours to five days after eating an ink cap will feel that their face starts to turn red, their limbs tingling, and their heart starts to run. Then come nausea, vomiting, and in severe cases, heart problems. The more alcohol the unfortunate sinner drinks, the more they suffer. If things go bad, they will have a heart attack. A person has died from eating an ink cap and then drinking.
The inky caps sow their vengeance initiating an immediate and severe hangover. Chemical acetaldehyde is generally associated with hangovers, and experts believe it causes the sweating, nausea and vomiting that so many people regret. Finally, however, enzymes in the body break acetaldehyde and people recover. However, inky caps contain coprine, a chemical that stops the enzyme, which results in an immediate accumulation of acetaldehyde, and there is no end to hangover. It can take days to work coprine out of a person’s system.
Coprine was studied extensively by scientists who wanted to use it to make alcoholics reluctant to drink. But their methods, and their long-term effects, proved too severe. The inky do not have such scruples, so be careful with these mushrooms if you want to have a drink.
WRITTEN BY ESTHER INGLIS-Arkel
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