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Re:Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’ by ben_w on Saturday September 02, 2023 @03:13PM (#37364559)
Given approximately everyone's heard of it, and warnings about it, but also the I don't personally know anyone who tells me that they personally do, my guess is in the order of 1% of the population. Might be more, might be less.

1% of Russia would be 1.5 million (and given this thread, 412k for Ukraine).

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Re:Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’ by demetrius on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:04PM (#37365509)
1%?!

According to the 2014 survey https://fom.ru/Obraz-zhizni/11711 , 75% Russians have ever went to pick up mushrooms, and 40% have done it in the last year before the survey. 8% personally know people who suffered from mushroom poisoning.

This corresponds to my expectations: I'm from a neighbouring country, Belarus, and basically almost everyone around me has been picking up mushrooms.

That's not just a culinary experience, but a way to relax: go to forest, disconnect from the world, unwind. (People also pick up blueberries and lingonberries for the same reasons.)

Oh, and my classmate died from mushroom poisoning.

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Re:Top Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’ by ben_w on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:52PM (#37365849)
Wow, OK, I'm surprised by those numbers.
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