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Originally Posted by Botnst
I haven't checked you link but I'll bet the immigrants are either Korean or Eastern European. Both groups eat some species of Amanitas and there are extremely toxic Aminitas (and Russulas. IIRC) in N. Am. that look like Old World edible species.
The progress of the disease is especially gruesome for the Amanitas. It has two toxins that act completely differently. The first makes the subject extremely ill with all the symptoms of food poisoning. Then the symptoms abate. Then the patient slowly dies as the second toxin takes effect. The second one has a peculiar affinity for intracellular membranes, especially of the mitochondrion (IIRC). Often by the time it is recognized that the subject is in peril it is too late to save him.
The stinkhorn has a fruiting structure with an amazing aroma. I'm impressed you got close enough to check-out the hauntingly familiar appearance of the structure.
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I think people from both of those groups were among the ones written about as having had the misfortune you speak of -- awaiting a liver transplant.
Not sure what you mean by the last paragraph. The Chantrelles I picked were not hard to deal with. I even tried it for money with a friend over by Shelton, WA, a little lumbering town w/ lots of remote sticks nearby. An outfit had set up shop nearby to buy the stuff. Oh man, that is a hard way to make a buck. Plenty of Vietnamese families about, scouring the woods, looking to make the same buck. It's a miracle I found any.