Yeah, I found some boletes a few months ago and out of an abundance of caution took them to three different pharmacists in Paris and every one looked at me like I was a crazy person for bringing wild mushrooms into the pharmacy. "We don't do that" is all I was told. One pharmacist student, an acquaintance of mine, told me they were probably going to make me sick. After doing research into the matter and asking old foragers I met in the woods, though, I decided to eat them and they were definitely delicious and non-deadly porcinis.
Know what you are doing and make sure the people you are talking about are knowledgeable.
EDIT: I am not disputing your claim, BTW. But I think it is just like the fact that all US doctors took a few semesters of organic chemistry doesn't meant that they can tell you anything useful about the subject.
Know what you are doing and make sure the people you are talking about are knowledgeable.
EDIT: I am not disputing your claim, BTW. But I think it is just like the fact that all US doctors took a few semesters of organic chemistry doesn't meant that they can tell you anything useful about the subject.