The aesthetically interesting white Fukurotsurutake, Amanita volvata, is a extremely poisonous mushroom, sometimes present in summer time.
Mushroom professional Kazuo Odachi says, “It’s pure white, looks beautiful and tasty, right? This is the Fukurotsurutake. Eating just one can kill a person. This mushroom causes the worst poisoning symptoms. Eating it leads to diarrhea and vomiting within one or two days. About a week later, symptoms like bloody stools and jaundice start. By then, it’s usually too late for treatment.”
Fukurotsurutake will be present in acquainted locations, Odachi warns, “This mushroom is found everywhere – Shinjuku Gyoen, Hibiya Park, Yoyogi Park.”
Another summer time mushroom, Kaburaasetake, is extraordinarily toxic, with toxins that inhibit the autonomic nervous system.
The extended warmth and lack of rain delayed the expansion of summer time mushrooms, which at the moment are showing alongside autumn mushrooms.
Odachi says though “it’s time for autumn mushrooms, we’re finding summer mushrooms. There was no rain for a long time, so the summer mushrooms were just waiting.”
“Since summer mushrooms are also appearing, assuming that they don’t appear in autumn might lead to mistakes in identifying poisonous mushrooms,” Odachi provides.