I recently heard a Mycologist talk about identifying mushrooms and if a regular person would know whether something is poisonous or not? He said that first of all most people don't eat mushrooms for the flavor. It's the people in a survivalists' mode who generally take on the danger of choosing the wrong mushroom. He said something profound when he said that for most people their first interaction with very rare and exotic mushrooms ends up being their last interaction with anyone or anything. Scary!