UGENT! Are these mushrooms edible

[Nicole Alderman]

I was walking in the woods, and I saw these mushrooms:



I picked a bunch of them and I was thinking of cooking them up for my family.

What do you think--should we eat them? They look tasty, and mushrooms are really expensive at the store!

[Campbell Ritchie]

Of course you can eat them. But only once.

[Nicole Alderman]

Well, yes, of course. They'd only make one meal for my family. So I should serve them to everyone? Maybe they can be part of our Easter dinner.

[Paul Clapham]

I would use the precautionary principle. Have one member of the family eat some of them, then if that member dies, discard the rest of the mushrooms. Be sure to wash your hands after that.

[Campbell Ritchie]

There won't be any mushrooms to discard if one person eats them all. And washing hands won't prevent fingerprints on the cooking pans; you need gloves to do that.