Postage stamps featuring some of Kyrgyzstan's wild mushrooms – edible and non-edible. Images taken from ianbek.kg, used with permission.
“Never eat overripe, clammy, flabby, wormy or spoiled mushrooms,” writes [1] Ian Claytor, translating advice from Kyrgyzstan's Department for Disease Prevention and Expertise in his blog, Postcard from Bishkek [2]. With the mushroom picking season underway in the former Soviet state, the Ministry of Health have come up [3] [ru] with guidelines to help pickers enjoy the pastime safely.