Mushroom oh

In the darkest of forests or the lightest of woods we went searching. Every eye was fixed on the ground and every square meter of the soil and fallen leaves were examined  to reveal the mushrooms hidden underneath and beside them.
My friend and I defied cold and the threat of rain and went to the forest to go looking for edible mushrooms. In the end we ended up with a little shrooms we were pretty sure were edible which we cooked and used to make a pie.
Fingers crossed they were not some poisonous kind :) We can't know for sure yet, the really poisonous ones take 8 or more hours to show signs of poisoning.

Really there are many possible ways to die eating mushrooms you found in the woods by yourself. The most venomous one we have in Denmark is able to kill a person so there is reason to be careful what you put in your mouth!
I guess it would be quite bad to die due to intoxication since I imagine it to be extremely painful. From what I read most of the poison in these mushrooms is some kind of nerve poison which makes serious organ damage which cause them to fail. Pretty much reminds me of how painkillers work their magic when overdosing.
Death by mushroom seems to me like a death that is caused by stupidity or laziness. Either people knew too little about the things they found or were too lazy to find out exactly what kind of specimen they were holding in their hands. This said I believe I could be one of these stupid people one day. I have very little knowledge on mushrooms, but a great interest in them. Some day I might very well find myself calling the poison hotline and being rushed to the hospital with some severe poisoning.