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Thursday 01 December 2005

One to avoid: Friday's food quotation

The New Scientist cites a case of three campers in Scotland who mistook Cortinarius speciosissimus for chanterelle. Two victims had to get a kidney transplant.

From www.ibiblio.org

Contributed by Andrew Dalby. Posted at 23:13
Categories: Quotations, Unfoods