colchicum leaves for dinner
arnold trachtenberg (Wed, 08 Jun 2005 09:09:01 PDT)

Jim:

Please don't mention to anyone or anything that I am growing
cardiocrinum.

I think that the toxic substance is metabolized by the organism and
probably would not harm you as long as you eat the slugs with lots of
allium. Although there are cases where an organism eats a toxic
substance and then uses it as a defense mechanism against potential
predators.

Arnold