Dan Clore wrote:

I just received an e-mail from Russia, including the
following:

August, 23 I and my father went to Ekaterinburg from Perm by
the car and by way we have come to
forest for mushrooms. It was on a road from Perm to
Ekaterinburg, between Suksun and Shamary,
near to Molebka. And so in a forest, about 2,5 km from a
road, on one of glades we have noticed
strange black stains, their origin was not clear. In one
place we have found a metal object
which was on the ground, then we saw that it was only top
part of it. It was very strange, not
similar on anything. We have dug it out, when we cleared it
of a dirty in water, we were struck
- it not sink in water

How many mushrooms did you eat?
Were they white underneath?