Quote Originally Posted by pudder
This is very true. I had a few people in my area think they knew what mushroom was what. They were hospitalized. There are only a few species that I can Identify and are in my area. Some are edible and some aren't. All in my area are pretty much edible. Not that you would want to.

What he says is very true.
If all that happened is they were hospitalized, then they were extremely lucky. My understanding is that dying from mushroom poisoning is excruciatingly painful. The liver is first to go, then it's all down hill from there over a period of a week or so. Nothing to take chances with.