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Just a little guy (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by magpie@mander.xyz to c/mycology@mander.xyz

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I can hunt. Fish. Trap. Tan hides. But fungi scares me.

Either you get a tasty treat. Or you get violently high approaching ego-death. Or you die horribly.

I love mushrooms. But I don't have the knowledge to hunt them.

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

It's pretty simple to gain the knowledge, learn an edible species, learn the lookalikes, and maybe take them to a local mycology club and ask for an ID confirmation the first few times to make sure.

If you avoid little brown mushrooms and pure white mushrooms, know what a deathcap looks like, and don't spend years eating Paxillus involutus without ever looking it up, then you're not going to end up eating any deadly or psychedelic species.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Sometimes you just get violently ill, without getting to get high.

The worst.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Most of the mushrooms are actually edible, but taste bad. Only a handful are worth the trouble of positively identifying for their gourmet appeal, but it's cool to learn about all of them.