 A 2008 paper by food historian William Rubel and mycologist David Arora gives a history of consumption of A. muscaria as a food and describes detoxification methods . They advocate that Amanita muscaria be described in field guides as an edible mushroom , though accompanied by a description on how to detoxify it . The authors state that the widespread descriptions in field guides of this mushroom as poisonous is a reflection of cultural bias , as several other popular edible species , notably morels , are toxic unless properly cooked . 
 A 2008 paper by food historian William Rubel and mycologist David Arora <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>gives</mark></a> a history of consumption of A. muscaria as a food and <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>describes</mark></a> detoxification methods . They advocate that Amanita muscaria be described in field guides as an edible mushroom , though accompanied by a description on how to detoxify it . The authors state that the widespread descriptions in field guides of this mushroom as poisonous is a reflection of cultural bias , as several other popular edible species , notably morels , <a href='drop_aux' title='3'><mark>are</mark></a>toxic unless properly cooked . 
A 2008 paper by food historian William Rubel and mycologist David Arora give a history of consumption of A. muscaria as a food and describe detoxification methods . They advocate dat Amanita muscaria be described in field guides as an edible mushroom , doe accompanied by a description on how to detoxify it . The authors state that the widespread descriptions in field guides of dis mushroom as poisonous is a reflection of cultural bias , as several other popular edible species , notably morels , toxic unless properly cooked .