While there are 250 types of poisonous mushrooms there are about 80 that are fatal when eaten.

Even if you are not a mushroom forager you should be aware of at least the 6 most common types of poisonous mushrooms because many of them could be growing right in your back yard and you don't even know about it.

You kids are dog could end up eating them by mistake.  And if you wait until the symptoms kick in before taking them to the hospital it will be too late and the  damage is already done to the liver and kidneys and the only thing that can save them is a liver or kidney transplant.

They key to mushroom poisoning is to act quickly.

If you are a mushroom forager it is ever more important to know how to identify poisonous mushrooms because many edible mushrooms have a poisonous look-a-like that can be harvested by mistake.

Check out my article below for more information on how to identify poisonous mushrooms as well as pictures of the 6 most deadly mushrooms identified in this podcast:

https://curativemushrooms.com/types-of-poisonous-mushrooms-the-worlds-6-most-deadly-identified