Mushrooms have been poisoned at all times. The family of an ancient Greek poet died from poisonous mushrooms Euripides, author of Medea. Mushrooms fatally poisoned the Pope Clement VII and French king Charles VI.
Molecular genetic studies of fungi and animals have shown that their DNA is as close as possible. From this follows a paradoxical, at first glance, conclusion: mushrooms, along with animals, are the closest relatives of humans.
Hat mushrooms known to all grow in 3-6 days, die in 10-14 days. Mushrooms that make up lichens live up to 600 years.