is the fungi columnatus edible?
No
Clathrus columnatus
"The odor of fully grown specimens of the order Phalloidea is so repulsive that the question as to their poisonous character when eaten by men has not often been the subject of experiment." Farlow described two cases of poisoning, one involving a young girl "who ate a small piece of the fungus, and was seized with violent convulsions followed by loss of speech and a deep sleep lasting 52 hours"
what is clathrus columnatus? A saprobic species of basidiomycete fungus in the family Phallaceae. where is it mostly found? Africa, Australasia, and the America how tall can these fungi grow? UNANSWERABLE how do these fungi reproduce? UNANSWERABLE can you tell me one characteristic of a fungus? Like plants, fungi often grow in soil and, in the case of mushrooms, form conspicuous fruit bodies, which sometimes resemble plants such as mosses what kind of a structure do fungi have? Microscopic structures and Macroscopic structures are there different types of reproduction of a fungi? Yes, sexual and asexual reproduction. what does the latter type of reproduction mean? Sexual reproduction with meiosis has been directly observed in all fungal phyla except Glomeromycota can you tell me some ways humans use fungi? food preparation or preservation
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Clathrus columnatus [SEP] Edibility
The words of William Gilson Farlow, published in 1890, serve as a warning to those who might be inclined to consume "Clathrus columnatus": "The odor of fully grown specimens of the order Phalloidea is so repulsive that the question as to their poisonous character when eaten by men has not often been the subject of experiment." Farlow described two cases of poisoning, one involving a young girl "who ate a small piece of the fungus, and was seized with violent convulsions followed by loss of speech and a deep sleep lasting 52 hours"; the other case involved hogs that ate the fungus found in patches in oak woods, and died 12–15 hours later.