PSA: Don't Drink and Mushroom

WARNING: Do not eat OYSTER mushrooms and consume alcohol.

Did you know that some wild mushrooms, when consumed with alcohol, can be POISONOUS? Me neither until I woke up this morning with a wicked "hangover".

From Wikipedia about a toxin contained in OYSTER mushrooms:
A more unusual toxin is coprine, a disulfiram-like compound which is harmless unless ingested within a few days of ingesting alcohol. It inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase, an enzyme required for breaking down alcohol. Thus the symptoms of toxicity are similar to being "hung over" -- flushing, headache, nausea, palpitations, and in severe cases, trouble breathing. Coprinus species, including Coprinopsis atramentaria, contain coprine. Notably, Coprinus comatus does not,^[17] but it is best to avoid mixing alcohol with other members of this genus.
It was a two-day mushroom/martini bender that took me down. I made some fabulous wild mushroom dishes. It is unfortunate however that I will never eat them again.

SATURDAY: Made a wonderful miso soup with noodles and wild mushrooms. It included shiitake and OYSTER mushrooms. Lots of them. See, ingredients on the left, soup on the right.

Washed that down with a gin martini on the rocks. Woke up Sunday feeling kind of icky. But was going to a flea market so didn't stop to think about why I didn't feel good. There was too much junk to discover.

SUNDAY: wild mushroom (including OYSTER) and thyme frittata. And again, unknowingly washed it down with a gin martini.

TODAY: Sick, sick, sick. A pretty big hangover with all the fixins mentioned above except trouble breathing.

I am just so happy it wasn't the martini that made me sick. That would have really been a tragedy. This is just a mere "poisoning". Whew!