The Fly agaric has lots of interesting history, it is a toxic and potentiely deadly mushroom but folk have always found an excuse to eat them for one reason or another!
War Mongers like Genghis Khan, Vikings like Ragna Lothbrok Red Indians, Roman emperors my mate at university !
All found an excuse to eat them!
The Death cap is in a different league of toxicity, very few people have survived eating them.... however ... in my home town sometime back in the 80s a locale news reporter and his wife did in fact survive eating 6 death caps .
Interestingly the doctor who managed to save their lives was a fish keeper and he had a radical idea to use large quantities of activated carbon to filter their blood .
Although the experimental treatment was successful the patients lives were shortened considerable and they both died young.
I would of liked to check my details but i cant seem to find what was once a well documented story (event even)
I can remember the name of the man, Mike Le Cocq and i think it was the 80s but nothing comes up on google.