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In France, pharmacists are trained to identify foraged mushrooms [0], some pharmacists are better than others at this.

[0] https://www.connexionfrance.com/Practical/Health/Can-French-...

Yeah, I found some boletes a few months ago and out of an abundance of caution took them to three different pharmacists in Paris and every one looked at me like I was a crazy person for bringing wild mushrooms into the pharmacy. "We don't do that" is all I was told. One pharmacist student, an acquaintance of mine, told me they were probably going to make me sick. After doing research into the matter and asking old foragers I met in the woods, though, I decided to eat them and they were definitely delicious and non-deadly porcinis.

Know what you are doing and make sure the people you are talking about are knowledgeable.

EDIT: I am not disputing your claim, BTW. But I think it is just like the fact that all US doctors took a few semesters of organic chemistry doesn't meant that they can tell you anything useful about the subject.

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