ALS, the muscle wasting disease of ice bucket challenge fame, is sometimes genetic, sometimes sporadic, but sometimes pops up in clusters. One such cluster in a little skiing village in France unnerved the local GP - and was eventually pinned on false morel mushrooms.

https://archive.is/bJMoo

#AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #LouGehrigsDisease #MushroomForaging #FalseMorels #Foraging #TheAtlanticMagazine

ALS, the muscle wasting disease of ice bucket challenge fame, is sometimes genetic, sometimes sporadic, but sometimes pops up in clusters. One such cluster in a little skiing village in France unnerved the local GP - and was eventually pinned on false morel mushrooms.

https://archive.is/bJMoo

#AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis #LouGehrigsDisease #MushroomForaging #FalseMorels #Foraging #TheAtlanticMagazine