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Thread ID: 128848	2013-01-19 06:04:00	White Gilled Mushroom	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1323520	2013-01-19 06:04:00	Sliced some button mushrooms up for tea tonight, I normally pull the stem off, cut that up then do the tops after. Came to one top and it has white gills. A bit odd looking gills too, sort of not all the way down gills. But no grey or brown at all. Threw the chopped lot out and started over with the rest. It was a regular pkt of Meadow mushrooms but rather suspicious.	pctek (84)
1323521	2013-01-19 06:06:00	Should of made some tea with it	plod (107)
1323522	2013-01-19 08:06:00	Perhaps the mushroom had a premonition? If you saw your mates getting their stalks lopped off and chopped up, you too might go a lighter shade of pale around the gills. ;)	R2x1 (4628)
1323523	2013-01-19 11:49:00	The narrow, crowded gills are free and initially pink, then red-brown and finally a dark brown with a whitish edge from the cheilocystidia. from en.wikipedia.org The chances of a rogue in cultivation are small, but it's not impossible.	KarameaDave (15222)
1323524	2013-01-20 05:46:00	Considering how poisonous some fungi are, I wouldn't take the chance either.	Agent_24 (57)
1323525	2013-01-20 07:55:00	Yeah...maybe a mutant but I thought it best to not try it. I emailed meadow to mention it...	pctek (84)
1323526	2013-01-21 03:09:00	Meadow said: "Agaricus bisporus is the species of mushroom grown by Meadow Mushrooms, and is the most commonly cultivated mushroom in the world. Pale or non-existent gills is a phenomenon sometimes seen amongst Agaricus bisporus mushrooms. It can be caused by abiotic factors, such as localised dry conditions. It is not common, and when it does occur these mushrooms can usually be identified and down-graded (processing grade). But occasionally the odd one gets missed. Either way, this does not present a health concern." So there we go....still better safe than sorry.	pctek (84)
1323527	2013-01-21 06:30:00	So there we go....still better safe than sorry. I agree as as a kid at someone else's place I ended up having a feed of mushrooms and one couldn't have been and I nearly ended up chundering my heart out.	mikebartnz (21)
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