Deadly webcaps, again

Deadly webcaps: GILLS

This has been on the news, and therefore it must be true.

An "experienced forager", who "had been collecting mushrooms for many years" fed deadly webcaps that he mistook for ceps to himself, his wife, brother-in-law and brother-in-law's wife. Result: all four eaters in hospital for weeks, with varying degrees of kidney failure, one of them needing a transplant. Luckily, the children, who were also invited to sample the poison, wouldn't have any, otherwise they would have almost certainly died.

Deadly webcaps. Mistaken for ceps. You've got to be kidding me.

Ceps: TUBES

*HEADDESK*

In this post I have already wondered how a deadly webcap could be possibly mistaken for a chanterelle. Now I wonder no more - at least, both mushrooms are of similar size, and they both have gills. After all, I've observed small children to confuse dogs with cows, so why not. But ceps and deadly webcaps? It's like mistaking a chicken for a pig! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll just go into a quiet corner and cry. Today the world's stupidity is a bit too much for me.

Image credits:
Deadly webcap, Cortinarius rubellus
Ceps, Boletus edulis