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[-] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

I remember being on a wilderness weekend many years ago and being told that when you cut the stem on some poisonous shrooms they discolour a sort of blue tint. I'm lucky, I hate the taste and texture of mushrooms.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 21 points 1 year ago

I remember years ago reading you can tell if a mushroom is "magic" by blotting it on paper towel and seeing if it stains blue or purple. Unfortunately, that is also how many things say you can tell it's toxic. Maybe you'll trip balls. Maybe you'll die. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[-] FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

Maybe you’ll trip balls and THEN die!

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the poison and the psychoactive part are the same thing in different doses, or just function similarly.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They don't scare me I just cannot stand the taste and texture. It actually makes me want to vomit.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Which makes you scared of them, perhaps.

Also, have you seen how mycelium works and so on, the biology is amazing, but it's also scary.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean it's not all the mushrooms that give me that reaction. I am 100% not scared of them. If I had nothing else to eat and was starving I would suffer through it. But I don't.

I have not seen how it works. Got any good links?

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

I only watched a documentary by public German media, sorry.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I love all that side of it myself. Used to photo the wild fungus down here.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Funny you say this, there is actually a mushroom that does this color change but is edible. Allegedly doesn’t taste very good, though.

Best not to eat any wild mushrooms at all unless a verified mycologist can look at them first.

[-] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Scarletina bolete apparently tastes relatively decent. I haven't tried it myself though.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I hate every mushroom I have ever tried- except shiitake mushrooms, which don't taste like mushrooms and are amazing.

[-] oyo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'm literally 100% the opposite. Give me some morels, porcini, lions mane... anything but shiitake.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like we like/dislike them for the same reasons.

[-] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

"Just off for a shiit, mate!"

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